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Stronach Five: Four Tracks, Four Turf Races Featured In Friday’s Wager

The popular Stronach 5, featuring an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will feature four tracks and four turf races Friday, including the $75,000 Bert Allen Stakes and $75,000 Punch Line Stakes from Laurel Park.

Along with races from Laurel, Gulfstream Park West, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Park, the Stronach 5 will also have a $100,000 guaranteed pool.

The Stronach 5 begins at 3:58 ET with a dozen claimers going 6 ½ furlongs on the main track at Gulfstream Park West before the action moves to Laurel Park and a pair of $75,000 stakes on the turf for Virginia breds.

The Bert Allen, at 1 1/16 miles, features Largent, a son of Into Mischief who won the Edward P. Evans at Colonial Downs and was second in the Lure Stakes Sept. 7 at Saratoga. The 5 ½ furlong Punch Line drew a field of 14 including Embolden, second in the Edward P. Evans and fourth Aug. 29 in the Saranac (G3) at Saratoga.

The Stronach 5 wraps up out west with maiden California-bred or sired 2-year-olds going a mile on the turf, and 2-year-old maidens also going a mile on turf at Golden Gate Fields.

Friday's races and sequence

Leg One – Gulfstream West 8^th Race: (12 entries, 6 ½ furlongs) 3:58 ET, 12:58 PT
Leg Two –Laurel Park 7th Race: (8 entries, 1 1/16-mile turf) 4:20 ET, 1:20 PT
Leg Three –Laurel Park 8^th Race (14 entries, 5 1/2 furlongs turf) 5:02 ET, 2:02 PT
Leg Four –Santa Anita 4^th Race: (9 entries, 1-mile turf) 5:08 ET, 2:08 PT
Leg Five –Golden Gate Fields 3^rd Race: (9 entries, 1-mile turf) 5:23 ET, 2:23 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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Belmont Park: Saturday’s Empire 6 Wager Features Mandatory Payout

Saturday's Jockey Club Gold Cup Day card will feature a mandatory payout of the Empire 6, which boasts a jackpot of $352,831 heading into Thursday's 10-race card at Belmont Park.

Live coverage of all the races in the sequence will be available with America's Day at the Races on FOX Sports and MSG+. Free Equibase-provided past performances will be available for races that are part of the America's Day at the Races broadcast and can be accessed at https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/tv-schedule.

Saturday's sequence kicks off in Race 6 [3:03 p.m.], a six-furlong maiden special weight over the main track where eight juvenile colts will seek their first trip to the winner's circle. Trainer Todd Pletcher will saddle the royally-bred first time starter Overtook, a $1 million Keeneland September Yearling Sale purchase who is owned by Repole Stable, St. Elias Stable, Michael Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier and Derrick Smith. The son of multiple-champion producing sire Curlin is out of Grade 1-winning A.P. Indy mare Got Lucky.

Juvenile colts will take to the Widener turf for Race 7 [3:40 p.m.], which is a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight. Belmont fall meet-leading trainer Chad Brown sends out Juddmonte Farms homebred Connagh's Quay – a bay son of freshman sire Flintshire out of the Empire Maker mare Routine, who posted two bullet works heading into his debut.

The third leg of the sequence is the Grade 1, $250,000 Flower Bowl Invitational in Race 8 at 4:14 p.m. going the classic distance of 1 ¼ miles for fillies and mares on the inner turf, which is a Breeders' Cup “Win And You're In” event for the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf.

Brown, a six-time winner of the Flower Bowl, will have a trio of turf distaffers in this year's edition, including dual Grade 1-winner Cambier Parc. Owned by Larry Best's OXO Equine, the daughter of Medaglia d'Oro out of 2007 Canadian Horse of the Year Sealy Hill was second in the Grade 2 Canadian on September 12 at Woodbine last out. Brown also is represented by Peter Brant's graded stakes winner My Sister Nat – half-sister to 2018 Champion Turf Mare and last year's Flower Bowl victor Sistercharlie. First Row Partners and Hidden Brook Farms' Nay Lady Nay will seek her third straight win for Brown having won the Grade 3 Matchmaker on July 18 at Monmouth Park and the All Along on September 7 at Laurel Park.

The prestigious Grade 1, $250,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup for older horses going 1 ¼ miles will be the fourth leg of the Empire 6, which is a Breeders' Cup “Win And You're In” event for the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Classic. The Jockey Club Gold Cup features Juddmonte Farm's three-time graded stakes winner Tacitus bidding for his first Grade 1 victory for Hall of Famer Bill Mott. Sophomore stakes winners Mystic Guide, winner of the Grade 2 Jim Dandy at Saratoga and unbeaten Happy Saver, winner of the last out Federico Tesio at Laurel Park, will also be seeking breakthrough victories in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. The Jockey Club Gold Cup will be run as Race 9 with a post time of 4:48 p.m.

The penultimate leg will be the Grade 2, $150,000 Sands Point in Race 10 at 5:20 p.m. for sophomore fillies going one mile over the Widener turf. Trainer Chad Brown will saddle two-time graded stakes winner Selflessly for Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stables as well as Tamahere, who makes her North American debut. Trainer Christophe Clement will send out Waterford Stables' Speaktomeofsummer, a graded stakes winning daughter of second crop sire Summer Front.

The sequence concludes with a field of 12 New York-bred juvenile fillies seeking their first career win going six furlongs over the inner turf in Race 11 [5:52 p.m.]. Trainer George Weaver sends out Jim and Susan Hill's The Promised Road, who was bred by Dr. Jerry Bilinski and Harry Patten, The Promised Road was a $220,000 purchase from the 2019 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

The Empire 6 requires the bettor to select the first-place finisher of the final six races of the card. On non-mandatory payout days, if one unique ticket exists, then 100 percent of the net pool, plus the jackpot carryover if applicable, will be paid to the winner. If there is no unique wager selecting the first-place finisher in all six races, then 75 percent of the day's net pool will be distributed to those who selected the first-place finisher in the greatest number of races. The remainder will be added into the jackpot and carried to the next day's Empire 6.

For more information on the Empire 6, please visit http://www.nyrabets.com.

Empire 6 – Saturday, October 10:
Leg 1 – Race 6 (3:03 p.m.)
Leg 2 – Race 7 (3:40 p.m.)
Leg 3 – Race 8: G1 Flower Bowl Invitational (4:14 p.m.)
Leg 4 – Race 9: G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup (4:48 p.m.)
Leg 5 – Race 10: G2 Sands Point (5:20 p.m.)
Leg 6- Race 11 (5:52 p.m.)

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TVG Live At Keeneland For Major Stakes Coverage This Weekend

TVG, America's horse racing network and leading ADW platform, will be live at Keeneland for a loaded card this Saturday featuring two graded stakes races including the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (GI). In addition to Keeneland, the award-winning network will also be trackside at Santa Anita and Monmouth Park.

At Keeneland, TVG will be live on site all weekend with Todd Schrupp, Scott Hazelton, Caleb Keller, Gabby Gaudet and Caton Bredar bringing behind-the-scenes coverage, selections and interviews to viewers watching from home. Friday's featured event at Keeneland is the $150,000 Buffalo Trace Franklin County Stakes (GIII) which has drawn a field of twelve including Got Stormy, the heavy favorite at odds of 6-5 on the morning line for trainer Mark Casse. The popular five-year-old mare was the runner-up in the TVG Breeders' Cup Mile (GI) in 2019 and was last seen winning the Kentucky Downs Ladies Sprint Stakes (GIII). Tyler Gaffalione will be aboard.

The ten-race card on Saturday will feature a pair of graded stakes races – the $200,000 Hagyard Fayette Stakes (GII) and the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (GI). Scheduled to be run at a mile and an eighth on the turf, the race has drawn a contentious field of nine three-year-old fillies including Magic Attitude (GB) and Antoinette, the one-two finishers in the Belmont Oaks Invitational (GI) in September.

The action continues at Monmouth Park and TVG's Tom Cassidy will be live trackside. The featured event of the ten-race card is the $150,000 Monmouth Stakes (GIII) which will be contested at a mile and an eighth on the turf. Trainer Chad Brown will send out two contenders – Serve the King (GB) with Antonio Gallardo in the irons and Almanaar (GB) with jockey Joe Bravo aboard. Almanaar (GB) will be making his first start since winning this race in 2019.

At Santa Anita, the California breeding program will take center stage in the $100,000 California Distaff Handicap featuring California-bred or sired fillies and mares going five and a half furlongs on the turf. TVG will have Christina Blacker, Mike Joyce and Britney Eurton live at the track with analysis, interviews and selections. Simon Bray will be contributing to the broadcast remotely from home.

In addition to racing from Keeneland, Santa Anita and Monmouth Park, TVG will also be showing racing from Gulfstream Park West, Charles Town, Golden Gate and more.

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Saturday’s Cross Country Pick 5 Features All Graded Stakes Action From Belmont, Keeneland, Monmouth

Saturday's Cross Country Pick 5 will feature graded stakes in every race to highlight action across Belmont Park, Keeneland Race Course and Monmouth Park in a wager hosted by the New York Racing Association, Inc.

Live coverage will be available with America's Day at the Races 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/belmont/racing/cross-country-wagers.

Monmouth will start the action in Race 8 at 3:53 p.m. Eastern with the Grade 3, $150,000 Monmouth for 3-year-olds and up going 1 1/8 miles on the turf. The Chad Brown trained Almanaar will be making his first start since he won last year's edition of the Monmouth in May 2019, coming off a 17-month layoff by looking to make a repeat bid. Brown will also send out the English-bred Serve the King for his first graded stakes start. Bal Harbour, who has run third in three consecutive graded stakes at the same racetrack, including the Grade 3 Monmouth Cup in July, will look to break through in his turf debut for trainer Gregory Sacco.

Belmont will host the first of two Grade 1 events for the Cross Country Pick 5, with seven fillies and mares 3-years-old and up competing in the $250,000 Flower Bowl going 1 ¼ miles on the inner turf in Race 8 at 4:14 p.m. The contest, a “Win and You're In” qualifier to the Grade 1, $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf on November 7 at Keeneland, will feature the top-four finishers in the Grade 2 Glens Falls in August at Saratoga all return. Civil Union, trained by Hall of Famer Shug McGaughey, won that contest last out and will face three Brown-trained contenders in Cambier Parc, My Sister Nat and Nay Lady Nay. Conditioner Tom Albertrani will send out a pair in Beau Belle and Lovely Lucky while the French-bred La Signare, trained by Brendan Walsh, rounds out the field.

Keeneland will get in on the party with the Grade 3, $200,000 Fayette for 3-year-olds and up going nine furlongs on the main track in Race 8 at 4:57 p.m. Mr Freeze, second in last year's running, will look to earn a trip to the winner's circle for trainer Dale Romans off a sixth-place finish in the Grade 2 Alysheba in September at Churchill Downs. Returning off a five-month layoff for trainer Danny Gargan is multiple graded-stakes winner Tax, who captured the 2019 Grade 2 Jim Dandy at Saratoga,.

The penultimate leg is the Grade 2, $150,000 Sands Point for sophomore fillies going one mile on the Belmont Widener turf in Race 10 at 5:20 p.m. Brown will saddle two strong contenders, with multiple graded-stakes winner Selflessly and French-bred Tamahere as the four-time Eclipse Award-winning conditioner looks to secure his fourth win in the race. Speaktomeofsummer will turn back in distance following a Saratoga summer campaign that saw the Summer Front bay capture the nine-furlong Grade 2 Lake Placid on July 19 ahead of a fourth in the 1 3/16-mile Saratoga Oaks Invitational on August 16.

The finale will be the Grade 1, $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup for 3-year-old fillies contesting at nine furlongs on the turf in Race 9 at 5:30 p.m. The English-bred Magic Attitude, winner of the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks last month in her North American debut, garnered acclaim for her career in Europe before coming over to the United States following a win in the Group 1 French Oaks in July at Chantilly. Steep opposition will be provided by multiple graded-stakes winner Sweet Melania, who captured the Grade 3 Wonder Again in June at Belmont for trainer Todd Pletcher; and a pair of fillies trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott in Saratoga Oaks Invitational-winner Antoinette and graded-stakes winner Harvey's Lil Goil.

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, October 10:
Leg 1 – Monmouth, Race 8: G3 Monmouth (3:53 p.m.)
Leg 2 – Belmont, Race 8: G1 Flower Bowl (4:14 p.m.)
Leg 3 – Keeneland, Race 8: G2 Hagyard Fayette (4:57 p.m.)
Leg 4 – Belmont, Race 10: G2 Sands Point (5:20 p.m.)
Leg 5 – Keeneland, Race 9: G2 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (5:30 p.m.)

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