Delta Downs Picks Today: Nov. 13, 2026

Delta Downs picks today — the card at a glance

Friday, November 13, 2026 at Delta Downs in Vinton, Louisiana: #2 Motor City (32.8%) leads a nine-race night card from 5:40 p.m. Eastern (4:40 p.m. local), in fair weather at 62°F with a northeast wind. Like Remington, this card comes with a clean sheet: Equibase lists no changes at all for Delta Downs today, so every field stands as drawn. Delta was yesterday's story — the free race landed when C F Spunie Style won Race 6 — and tonight's card is top-heavy again, with two races carrying a top pick above 30%. Every rating below was read this morning from the individual Edge race pages. The Edge V2 model rates every horse's win chance as a percentage — our Edge V2 model's win probability — and the higher the number, the more likely the model makes that horse to win.

Delta Downs Race 5 pick: #2 Motor City (32.8%)

Race 5 (7:32 p.m. ET) is a $10,000 claiming race over six and a half furlongs for an $18,000 purse, and #2 Motor City rates 32.8% — the highest figure at Delta tonight — on a speed figure of 81.0 near the field top. The why note adds the angle: a closer's profile in a projected pace meltdown, with four of the seven runners wanting the early lead. At 2/1 on the morning line, Motor City is a favourite the model makes nearly twice as likely as the second chance, and the setup says the race should come to this horse late. The value flag in this race actually sits underneath: #7 Contrabandist, at 16.0%, is the one the model rates above its price. Behind them, #5 Outlaw Empire at 13.5% and #3 Weitzman at 10.2% round out the chances. Delta's bullring rewards horses who can relax early and make one run — exactly the trip Motor City is projected to get.

Delta Downs Race 7 pick: #2 Charco (30.7%)

Race 7 (8:28 p.m. ET) is a $20,000 starter allowance over five furlongs, and Edge marks it as the card's Best Bet race. #2 Charco rates 30.7% on a speed figure of 86.0 near the field top — the best figure cited among tonight's featured Delta races — and at 5/2 on the morning line the price is honest for a five-furlong dash where the best horse usually just goes and wins. The pace map projects a meltdown here too (five of seven are early-speed types), which is the one caution: in a five-furlong race full of speed, even the top pick needs the break to go right. The next chances are #1 Holy Stick (CHI) at 18.2%, #7 El Rojo Vivo at 15.2% and #6 Life Is a Banquet at 12.4%. A 12-point ratings gap in a Best Bet race is an opinion we do not overthink.

Delta Downs Race 4 pick: #7 Sounds Like Power (25.9%)

Race 4 (7:04 p.m. ET) is the richest race on the card, a $30,000 claiming race over six and a half furlongs for a $40,000 purse, and #7 Sounds Like Power tops the read at 25.9% with the best figure note at Delta tonight: a speed figure of 93.0, near the field top and higher than any other figure cited on this card. At 9/5 on the morning line, Sounds Like Power is the favourite, but this is the most competitive of the three featured races — #2 Skenes Crews at 21.2% and #4 Chad's Flashy Ways at 20.3% are both within five points, with #1 Cajun Coaster at 9.8% behind them. Three horses above 20% means the model sees a real race, not a coronation; the 93 figure is the tiebreaker, and it is a strong one. If you play one exacta at Delta tonight, this is the race to build it in.

Today's free race on Edge

The day's featured free race on Edge is Race 2 at Penn National tonight (6:14 p.m. ET), Edge's Pick of the Day: #5 Stanford Dropout rates 40.1% — the highest number on the entire 98-race board — in a $16,000 starter optional claimer over six furlongs. The model's why is a speed figure of 73.0 near the field top plus two standout efforts in the horse's last five starts, and the full field checks out against the official Equibase entries: #4 Extrasexymcsteemee (14.5%), #3 Penn Franklin (14.1%) and #6 Miami Kaz (11.1%) are the next chances. The whole race — every horse rated, with the why for the pick — is free to read right now: today's free race on Edge.

How the full Delta Downs card works on Edge

Three races are featured here; the other six are rated in full on Edge. Start with the free picks page and today's free race, then pull up the complete Delta card on Edge before the 5:40 p.m. Eastern first post. Yesterday's Delta free-race winner is in the results section of yesterday's Delta Downs post if you want to check how this card's model read played out last night. Today's flagship preview is Churchill Downs picks today.