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Friday’s Stronach 5 Features Four Turf Races, $100,000 Guaranteed Pool

Four races scheduled on the turf and a $100,000 guaranteed pool highlight Friday's Stronach 5.

The popular wager, with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will feature three races from Laurel Park and one each from Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields.

Laurel's seventh race, a $42,000 allowance event for fillies and mares going 1 1/16 mile on the All Along Turf Course, begins the Stronach 5 sequence. Cambeliza returns from a 10-month layoff for trainer Arnaud Delacour. The 4-year-old daughter of Curlin broke her maiden at Kentucky Downs last September before finishing third in an allowance event in October at Keeneland.

Gulfstream's ninth race, a turf event for maiden 3-year-olds and up, is up next with a field of 10 going 1 1/16 mile. Laurel's eighth race, for fillies and mares bred or sired in Maryland, will be the third leg while Laurel's ninth race, a mile turf event for fillies and mares on the Dahlia Turf Course, will be the fourth leg. Laurel's ninth race features stakes-placed Bunting and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Michael House's Celebre, making her second start in the U.S. for trainer Graham Motion.

The Stronach 5 wraps up at Golden Gate Fields with the second race, a 1 1/16 mile turf event for maiden claimers 3-year-olds and up. Chase and Colorado will make his first start for trainer Jack Steiner. The son of Tapit drops in after nine-month layoff having spent August, October and November racing at Santa Anita and Del Mar. Cape Point is the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the 10-horse field off a third-place finish last time out.

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Friday's races and sequence

· Leg One – Laurel Park 7th Race: (10 entries, 1 1/16 mile turf) 3:58 ET, 12:58 PT

· Leg Two –Gulfstream Park 9th Race: (10 entries, 1 1/16 mile turf) 4:14 ET, 1:14 PT

· Leg Three –Laurel Park 8th Race: (7 entries, 6 furlongs) 4:32 ET, 1:32 PT

· Leg Four –Laurel Park 9th Race: (10 entries, 1 mile turf) 5:07 ET, 2:07 PT

· Leg Five –Golden Gate Fields 2nd race: (10 entries, 1 1/16 mile turf) 5:20 ET, 2:20 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.

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Saturday’s Cross Country Pick 5 Features Graded Stakes From Saratoga, Del Mar

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will host a Cross Country Pick 5 featuring four graded stakes overall and three Grade 1s between historic Saratoga Race Course and Del Mar on Saturday.

Live coverage will be available with Saratoga Live on FOX Sports and MSG Networks. Free Equibase past performances for the Cross Country Pick 5 sequence are now available for download at https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/cross-country-wagers.

Saratoga will start the wager with a full field of juveniles going 1 1/16 miles on the inner turf in Race 5 at 3:28 p.m. Eastern. The maiden contest will feature a pair of entrants for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott in Lease and Thorn, while fellow Hall of Fame conditioner Mark Casse will send out American Diamond from the outermost post 10. Winfromwithin, trained by Todd Pletcher, will break from post 8.

The day's feature race at the Spa will comprise the second leg, as the Casse-trained Got Stormy will look to repeat in the Grade 1, $400,000 Fourstardave in Race 9 at 5:46 p.m. Last year, Got Stormy became the first female to win the Fourstardave, setting a track record for the one-mile inner turf course test by completing the course in 1:32 flat. This year, she drew post 4 with Tyler Gaffalione aboard as she competes against a talented field that includes Eclipse Award-winner Uni, who is one of four runners for trainer Chad Brown along with Raging Bull, Valid Point and Without Parole. Mott will send out a pair in Chewing Gum and Casa Creed. The Fourstardave is a “Win and You're In” qualifier to the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Mile in November at Keeneland.

Del Mar will feature the wager's final three races with three graded stakes, starting with the Grade 2, $200,000 Del Mar Handicap for 3-year-olds and up going 1 3/8 miles on the turf in Race 7 at 8 p.m. United, who ran in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf last year, will compete in a race that will offer the winner an automatic berth in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf. Combatant won a Grade 1 in March when he captured the Santa Anita Handicap over the main track. The 11-horse field also features Oscar Dominguez, the Irish bred who won the 1 ½-mile Grade 2 Hollywood Turf Cup.

The Grade 1 action continues in the fourth leg in the $250,000 Del Mar Oaks for 3-year-old fillies going 1 1/8 miles on the turf in Race 9 at 9 p.m. Laura's Light, trained by Peter Miller, won the Grade 3 Honeymoon at the same distance. She will face an 11-horse field that includes European horses such as Miss Extra, winner of the Group 2 Prix de Sandringham in France, and the French-bred Neige Blanche, who captured the Group 3 Prix Cleopatre in her native country.

The finale will be the Grade 1, $500,000 Pacific Classic in Race 10 at 9:30 p.m. Maximum Security, who won the Eclipse Award last year as Champion 3-year-old, is 2-for-2 to start his 4-year-old campaign after winning the Saudi Cup and the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap last out. The horse who crossed the wire first in last year's Grade 1 Kentucky Derby before being disqualified and placed 17th and has won four graded stakes since the “Run for the Roses,” taking the Grade 1 Haskell at Monmouth Park, the Grade 3 Bold Ruler at Belmont Park and the Grade 1 Cigar Mile Handicap in December at Aqueduct Racetrack. Now trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, Maximum Security is one of six contenders in the 1 ¼-mile test, which includes Midcourt, Higher Power, Mirinaque, Dark Vader and Sharp Samurai.

The minimum bet for the multi-track, multi-race wager is 50 cents. Wagering on the Cross Country Pick 5 is also available on ADW platforms and at simulcast facilities across the country. Every week will feature a mandatory payout of the net pool.

The Cross Country Pick 5 will continue each Saturday throughout the year. For more information, visit NYRABets.com.

Cross Country Pick 5 – Saturday, August 22:
Leg 1 – Saratoga, Race 5: (3:28 p.m.)
Leg 2 – Saratoga, Race 9: G1 Fourstardave (5:46 p.m.)
Leg 3 – Del Mar, Race 7: G2 Del Mar Handicap (8:00 p.m.)
Leg 4 – Del Mar, Race 9: G1 Del Mar Oaks (9:00 p.m.)
Leg 5 – Del Mar, Race 10: G1 Pacific Classic (9:30 p.m.)

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Stronach 5: Longshot Juvenile Winner Triggers Payouts Of $7,492 To 13 Ticket Holders

There were 13 winning tickets in Friday's popular Stronach 5, each worth $7,492.20.

Featuring races from Laurel Park and Gulfstream Park, a $100,000 guaranteed pool and industry-low 12-percent takeout, the Stronach 5 started with Laurel's sixth race, which was also the first 2-year-old race of the year in Maryland. The 5 furlong event was won by Ain't Da Beer Cold, a 15-1 longshot who returned $32 for trainer Kenneth Cox and jockey Angel Cruz.

The second leg of the Stronach 5 also produced an upset winner when Tench (6-1) caught favored Go Gone Gone at the finish line to win Gulfstream's eighth race and return $14.20. The sequence concluded with even-money favorites winning Gulfstream's ninth race, the fourth leg of the sequence, and Laurel's eighth race, the final leg of the Stronach 5.

Friday's races and sequence

· Leg One – Laurel Park 6th Race: Ain't Da Beer Cold $32

· Leg Two –Gulfstream Park 8th Race: Tench $14.20

· Leg Three –Laurel Park 7th Race: Si Mamacita $6.40

· Leg Four –Gulfstream Park 9th Race: Tony Small $4.20

· Leg Five –Laurel Park 8th race: Tappin Cat $4.20

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 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.

The Maryland Jockey Club serves as host of the Stronach 5.

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Gulfstream: Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Pool Guaranteed At $1.5 Million, Mandatory Payout Sunday

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $1.5 million Saturday at Gulfstream Park.

The popular multi-race wager went unsolved for the 23rd consecutive racing program Friday, when multiple tickets with all six winners were each worth $327.58.

The carryover jackpot is only paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

A mandatory payout of the entire Rainbow 6 pool is scheduled for Sunday.

Saturday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 7-12, including the $100,000 Martha Washington in Race 9 and the $100,000 Not Surprising in Race 11.

Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained Tournesol and Patrick Biancone-trained Yesterdayoncemore, who finished 1-2, respectively, in the July 12 Portofino Bay, are scheduled to clash again in the Martha Washington, a mile turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies.

Amador Sanchez-trained Graceful Kitten and Ruben Gracida-trained Monforte are both scheduled to return from layoffs in the $100,000 Not Surprising, a mile turf stakes for 3-year-olds. Graceful Kitten won the first three starts of his career before finishing off the board in both the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) at Santa Anita hasn't run since finishing off the board in the Nov. 30 Pulpit at Gulfstream. Monforte will seek to win his fifth straight race, the most recent being a win in the Feb. 17 Sage of Monticello at Gulfstream. Todd Pletcher-Kokomo brings sharp recent form into the Not Surprising, coming off a late-running optional claiming allowance victory.

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