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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 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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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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24 Stakes Slated for Santa Anita Autumn Meet

Santa Anita Park’s autumn meet (Sept. 19 through Oct. 25) will feature 24 stakes over 18 racing days–more or less in line with 2019’s meeting minus last year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The Arcadia oval will host seven “Win and You’re In” qualifiers for this year’s Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland: the $100,000 Speakeasy S. on opening day for GII Juvenile Turf Sprint hopefuls; the GI Rodeo Drive S. (GI F/M Turf), GI American Pharoah S. (GI Juvenile), GI Awesome Again S. (GI Classic) and GII Chandelier S. (GI Juvenile Fillies) on Sept. 26; and GII Zenyatta S. (GI Distaff) and GII Santa Anita Sprint Championship S. (GI Sprint) on Sept. 27. For the complete stakes schedule, visit www.santaanita.com/stakes-schedule/.

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Off 16-Month Layoff, Grade 1 Winner Green Gratto Entered For $20,000 Tag At Monmouth

Found to be infertile and thus gelded, 10-year-old Green Gratto had been entered for a comeback last fall at Gulfstream when a social media firestorm forced him to be withdrawn from that race. Now, according to the Daily Racing Form, the Grade 1 winner has been entered in a $20,000 claiming race on Sunday at Monmouth Park.

“I know the big uproar it caused the last time he was entered, but I think everyone needs to know that this is best for the horse and he has a forever home here,” co-owner Norman Wilson told drf.com.

Unraced since April of 2018, Green Gratto was under the care of trainer Tamara Levy when his first comeback attempt was spoiled. He returned to Wilson's farm, where Wilson said the gelding became listless and unhappy, before he was sent to trainer Kathleen O'Connell in 2020.

Green Gratto has recorded three workouts at Monmouth since late June, and shows works at Tampa Bay Downs as early as Feb. 8 of this year. The gelding is listed at 8-1 on the morning line for Sunday's six-furlong contest, which is restricted to New Jersey-breds.

Prior to his unsuccessful stallion career, Green Gratto amassed earnings of $1,149,202 with a record of nine wins, nine seconds, and nine thirds from 65 starts. His graded stakes victories include the G1 Carter in 2017, G3 Toboggan in 2017 and G3 Fall Heighweight in 2015.