Full Fields and $100,000 Guaranteed Pool in Stronach 5
Full Fields and $100,000 Guaranteed Pool in Stronach 5
LAUREL, MD – Races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields along with a $100,000 guaranteed pool highlight Friday’s popular Stronach 5.
The Stronach 5, with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will also feature three turf races.
Friday’s Stronach 5 begins at Laurel with races seven and eighth. Race seven has 10 maidens 3-year-olds and up going six furlongs while the eighth race features allowance fillies and mares sprinting 5 ½ furlongs on the Exceller Turf Course.
After a claiming event over a 1 1/16 mile turf course at Gulfstream and a mile claiming event on Golden Gate’s all-weather surface, the Stronach 5 wraps up with a return to Laurel and the ninth race, a mile event on the Bowl Game Turf Course.
Friday’s races and sequence
- Leg One – Laurel Park 7th Race: (10 entries, 6 furlongs) 4:05 ET, 1:05 PT
- Leg Two –Laurel Park 8th Race: (9 entries, 5 ½ furlongs turf) 4:40 ET, 1:40 PT
- Leg Three –Gulfstream Park 10th Race: (12 entries, 1 1/16-mile turf) 5:01 ET, 2:01 PT
- Leg Four –Golden Gate Fields 2nd Race: (10 entries, 1mile) 5:15 ET, 2:15 PT
- Leg Five –Laurel Park 9th race: (10 entries, 1-mile turf) 5:22 ET, 2:22 PT
Fans can watch and wager on the action at 1/ST.COM/BET as well as stream all the action in English and Spanish at LaurelPark.com, SantaAnita.com, GulfstreamPark.com, and GoldenGateFields.com.
The Stronach 5 In the Money podcast, hosted by Jonathan Kinchen and Peter Thomas Fornatale, will be posted by 2 p.m. Thursday at InTheMoneyPodcast.com and will be available on iTunes and other major podcast distributors.
The minimum wager on the multi-race, multi-track Stronach 5 is $1. If there are no tickets with five winners, the entire pool will be carried over to the next Friday.
If a change in racing surface is made after the wagering closes, each selection on any ticket will be considered a winning selection. If a betting interest is scratched, that selection will be substituted with the favorite in the win pool when wagering closes.
The Maryland Jockey Club serves as host of the Stronach 5.
