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Six straight winners.
Ciaran’s return is under review.

Sunday, September 13, 2026
Churchill Downs · Gulfstream Park · Woodbine

Good morning, troublemakers,

Race IQ picked seven Churchill winners yesterday, including six straight first choices from R5 through R10. Ciaran is on vacation. We asked the model when he should come back. It said, “No rush.”

Frank has requested credit for being in the same time zone. His application is being reviewed by the same committee that lets him call six horses a strong opinion.

Your free Sunday preview: Frank’s letter grades for Churchill’s late Pick 3, plus Race IQ’s top three for races 1–5 at Gulfstream and Woodbine. The complete cards and Frank’s ticket breakdown are in Premier.

Yesterday: the good, the bad and the photo finish.

Churchill: 7/11 first-choice winners, with the winner in our top three in 9/11 races. A hypothetical $2 win bet on every first choice returned $29.18 from $22, a 32.6% profit on stake. Six straight winners is a streak. Frank explaining it six times is a podcast.

Woodbine: 8/12 winners in the top three and all 12 in the top five. Only two first choices won, though, and seven finished second. Ciaran would call that seven winners suffering from a finish-line administrative error.

Gulfstream: A tougher day, with 3/10 winners in the original top three. Four races came off turf. We include the rough afternoons too; they don’t disappear into Ciaran’s holiday luggage.

September 12 results, compared with the original pre-race selections. Scratched horses retain their original ranking slots. Churchill return includes stake and is a hypothetical flat-bet result; it is not a claim of wagers placed.

Frank’s Churchill letter grades

Late Pick 3 · Races 8–10. These are Frank’s grades from today’s Matrix. His notes preserve the A+ and B− distinctions below; the ticket matrix groups them with the other A’s and B’s.

Race 8 is TURF ONLY. Confirm the surface and scratches before using these grades.

R8 · Turf only

R9 · Dirt

R10 · Dirt

Frank’s A+ is #11 Snare in R8. He likes the horse, but the outside draw is the concern. Even Frank’s strongest opinion comes with a small legal department.

Only grades assigned in Frank’s notes are shown. The full race analysis, five potential tickets and $147 breakdown are in the Premier email.

Your free Race IQ picks

Races 1–5 at each track, in projected order. First choice is bold; second and third choices follow. Check current scratches, surfaces and odds.

Gulfstream Park · Races 1–5

Woodbine · Races 1–5

MARK’S ENSIGHT

“Ciaran packed one shirt, two chargers and seventeen reasons his last horse should have won. Customs waved him through when he offered to explain the pace.”

THE REST IS INSIDE PREMIER

You’ve seen the opening acts.
Here’s what comes next.

Premier gets all 30 races, the complete ticket breakdown and the price watch. Frank supplies the combinations. Ciaran supplies the explanation for why your holiday should have been on turf.

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Ciaran’s holiday. Our quietest week.

We miss him, obviously. We just don’t miss asking for one horse and receiving a documentary about its childhood.

Subscribe to Double Trouble Live and turn on alerts for the next show announcement. Frank says the full Matrix and Ciaran’s Notes will return in full force as track and show plans come together.

Thanks for being part of the crew. Let’s find a few winners—preferably before Frank claims them.

Mark
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