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Friday's Stronach 5 Features Four Sprints

Races from Laurel, Gulfstream & Golden Gate
Low 12-Percent Takeout

LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5 will feature four competitive sprint races Friday from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields before concluding with a two-turn event on the Tapeta at Gulfstream.

The popular wager begins at 3:34 ET with Laurel’s seventh race and a low 12-percent takeout.

Connections Mulling Several Options for G3 Winner Wondrwherecraigis

G3-Placed Cooke Creek, Based at Laurel, Pointed to Dec. 4 Remsen (G2)
Stakes-Quality Allowance Highlights Thursday’s Return of Live Racing

LAUREL, MD – Coming off the first graded-stakes win for himself and his trainer, Michael Dubb, The Elkstone Group, Madaket Stables and Michael Caruso’s Wondrwherecraigis is enjoying some down time while the connections mull his next race.

Laurel Park Thanksgiving Weekend Stakes Attract 114 Nominations

Five Stakes Worth $450,000 in Purses Friday & Saturday, Nov. 26-27

LAUREL, MD – Graded-stakes winners Laki, Pickin’ Time, Informative and Magic Michael; fellow multiple stakes winners Cordmaker, Hello Beautiful, Kenny Had a Notion, Street Lute and Whereshetoldmetogo; and undefeated 3-year-old filly Moquist are among 114 horses nominated to five stakes worth $450,000 in purses over Thanksgiving weekend at Laurel Park.

Local Motive Digs in to Capture $100,000 James F. Lewis III

Buy the Best Extends Win Streak to Three in $100,000 Smart Halo
Miss Leslie Notches Third Stakes Win in $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go

LAUREL, MD – Bird Mobberley’s Local Motive, already a stakes winner on the turf, dug in determinedly along the rail through the stretch to hold off Beast Or Famine and capture Saturday’s $100,000 James F. Lewis III by a head at Laurel Park.

Trolley Ride Seeks Second Stakes Win in Saturday's Thirty Eight Go Go

Determined Truth Leans on Experience to Capture Friday Maiden Event
Celebrate Thanksgiving at Laurel Park with Live Racing, Pies & Buffet

BALTIMORE – James Eshelman’s stakes winner Trolley Ride, beaten by former stablemate and subsequent Grade 2 winner Vault two years ago, will make her second start in three years in the $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go Saturday at Laurel Park.

Trolley Ride Seeks Second Stakes Win in Saturday's Thirty Eight Go Go

Determined Truth Leans on Experience to Capture Friday Maiden Event
Celebrate Thanksgiving at Laurel Park with Live Racing, Pies & Buffet

LAUREL, MD – James Eshelman’s stakes winner Trolley Ride, beaten by former stablemate and subsequent Grade 2 winner Vault two years ago, will make her second start in three years in the $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go Saturday at Laurel Park.

One Ticket Worth $99,519 in Friday's Stronach 5

LAUREL, MD – There was only one winning ticket in Friday’s Stronach 5, and that one ticket was worth $99,519.40.

The big ticket was driven by a 45-1 longshot at Golden Gate Fields and a $30 winner at Laurel Park.

Featuring a low 12-percent takeout, the Stronach 5 also featured two races from Gulfstream Park.

Kenny Had a Notion Returns to Winner's Circle in Thursday Feature

Nominations Close This Weekend for Thanksgiving Stakes at Laurel Park

LAUREL, MD – Louis J. Ulman and H. Neil Glasser’s multiple stakes winner Kenny Had a Notion collared long shot leader Rookie Salsa in deep stretch and surged past late to snap a seven-race losing streak in Thursday’s stakes-quality feature at Laurel Park.

G1-Placed Off Topic Chases Stakes Win in Thirty Eight Go Go

Among Three Stakes Worth $300,000 in Purses Saturday at Laurel

LAUREL, MD – Before she heads off to the breeding shed at the end of the year, D Hatman Thoroughbreds’ Grade 1-placed Off Topic will continue her quest to become a stakes winner in Saturday’s $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go at Laurel Park.

Three Juvenile Races Top Friday's Stronach 5

Races from Laurel, Gulfstream, and Golden Gate
Low 12-Percent Takeout

LAUREL, MD – The key to having a winning ticket in Friday’s Stronach 5 could rest on three juvenile races, including a maiden special weight event from Laurel Park and a starter optional claimer from Gulfstream Park.

The Stronach 5, featuring a low 12-percent takeout and a maiden event at Golden Gate Fields, will begin at approximately 3:40 ET when maiden fillies and mares go six furlongs in a $10,000 claiming event at Laurel.