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Stronach 5: Black Friday Wager Features Carryover Of $91,481

The Stronach 5, with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will have a carryover Friday of $91,481.74.

The popular wager, which has consistently offered bettors a strong return on investment, will feature races from Laurel Park and Gulfstream Park West.

The Stronach 5 begins at approximately 3:20 p.m. with Laurel's seventh race, a $35,000 restricted allowance event at seven furlongs that attracted a field of nine including last year's Schuylerville (G3) runner-up Kiss the Girl and stakes-placed Stickingtogether.

The second leg of the Stronach 5 will be Laurel's eighth race, a starter optional claimer for 3-year-olds and up going six furlongs. Day the Music Died, Belle Tapisserie, Wonder In and Marco Island all enter off victories.

The action turns to Gulfstream West and its eighth race for the third leg, a claiming event for fillies and mares before returning to Laurel for its ninth race, a $10,000 maiden claiming event at a mile that drew 14 fillies and mares. The Stronach 5 concludes with Gulfstream's ninth race, the lone turf event in the sequence. The five furlong sprint will feature 3-year-olds and up including last-out winners R Man Joe and Balistico as well as Kantharos' Image, who has a victory, two seconds and two thirds in his last five starts.

Friday's races and sequence

· Leg One – Laurel Park 7th Race: (nine entries, seven furlongs) 3:20 ET, 12:20 PT

· Leg Two –Laurel Park 8th Race: (11 entries, six furlong) 3:350 ET, 12:50 PT

· Leg Three –Gulfstream Park 8th Race: (nine entries, 6 ½ furlongs) 3:58 ET, 12:58 PT

· Leg Four –Laurel Park 9th Race: (14 entries, 5 ½ furlongs) 4:20 ET, 1:40 PT

· Leg Five –Gulfstream West 9th Race: (14 entries, one mile turf) 4:27 ET, 1:27 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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Hugh McMahon Gets Career Win No. 1,000: ‘Everything That We Have Is A Gift’

Larry Rabold's Polished Gal provided trainer Hugh McMahon with his 1,000th career victory in thrilling fashion, getting her nose down on the wire ahead of late-running Splendor Gal in Sunday's sixth race at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md.

Polished Gal ($8.60), a 4-year-old Maryland-bred filly ridden by Victor Rosales, ran six furlongs in 1:12.93 over a fast main track to earn her fourth lifetime win from 19 starts in the claiming event for fillies and mares 3 and older.

Rosales settled Polished Gal in third as Midnight Crossing led the way through splits of 24.86 and 47.92 seconds before being passed by 6-5 favorite Gottaflathaveher midway around the far turn. Once straightened for home, Polished Gal steadily reeled in Gottaflathaveher down the stretch and held off a furious late run to her outside by Splendor Gal for the milestone victory.

McMahon, a 52-year-old native of Doncaster, England, has won with four of his last nine starters, winning once on each of Laurel's four racing programs this week. Polished Gal – his only starter on Sunday's card – was preceded by Paynterbynumbers Nov. 19, He's Zippin On By Nov. 20 and Gary Doing Biz Nov. 21.

“I'm excited. It's a significant landmark,” McMahon said. “It's humbling as well. I was just speaking with one of our grooms and he congratulated me and I told him it's not really me, it's a team, But, we're more than a team, we're a family. My name is up there but it's not really me. There are a lot of people that are involved in this, but more than anything it's God's gift to us. Everything that we have is a gift.”

A steady presence among Maryland's leading trainers since first going out on his own in 2011, McMahon was the state's overall wins leader in 2013. This year, one abridged by the coronavirus pandemic, he has 33 wins from 206 starters with purse earnings of more than $930,000. McMahon has topped the $1 million mark in each of the past nine years, with highs of 166 wins and $3.981 million in 2013.

McMahon is currently tied for fourth with nine wins from 37 starters at Laurel's calendar year-ending fall meet, which began Oct. 8.

McMahon was introduced to the sport by watching the races on television with his father, a coal miner in northern England. He was encouraged to become a jockey and attended the riding academy there, winning 59 races after coming to the U.S. in the 1990s before hanging up his tack in 1998.

In 2005 McMahon became an assistant to trainer Scott Lake, at the time running one of the biggest operations in the country with a peak of 287 horses in 2008. McMahon worked for Lake, a winner of more than 6,100 career races, through 2010, having saddled 108 winners in his own name starting with Flying Retsina Run June 9, 2005, at Pimlico Race Course at odds of 35-1.

McMahon won 98 races the first year on his own and followed with seasons of 146, 166 and 108 wins from 2012-14. He won individual meet titles at Laurel's 2013 winter and fall stands and shared its 2014 winter crown, and has also been the leading trainer at Timonium and Colonial Downs.

Ranked third overall in 2012, McMahon's 74 wins led all Maryland trainers in 2013. His first big horse was Don'tgetsuspicous, who he inherited from Lake and trained to 10 wins, three in stakes, and $324,817 in purse earnings from 28 starts from 2010-12.

Other top horses for McMahon include 2018 Dave's Friend winner Colonel Sharp, 2017 Jameela winner Daylight Ahead and 2017 Camptown winner Northern Eclipse. He trains a 5-year-old Maryland-bred gelding named Brooks Robinson for owner-breeder Mary Boskin and helped facilitate a meeting between the horse and its namesake, a Hall of Fame third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles from 1955-77, in mid-February.

“A lot of what gets lost is that we wouldn't be here if it weren't for the owners. I've been lucky to have a lot of great owners over the years that have carried us, especially through the dry spells,” McMahon said. “They've been very loyal to us, even through the losing streaks, and gotten us where we are.”

Notes: Jockey Sheldon Russell bookended card with wins in Sunday's opener aboard Bound for Broadway ($6.40) and the eighth-race finale with Champagne Toast ($29) … Live racing returns with a special Thanksgiving Day holiday program Thursday. Post time for the first of eight races is 11:25 a.m. … There will be carryovers of $9,593.05 in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 and $5,237.62 in the $1 Super Hi-5 wagers. Tickets with four of six winners in Sunday's Rainbow 6 each returned $218.28.

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No Winning Tickets In Stronach 5; $91,481 Carries Over To Nov. 27

There will be a carryover in the Nov. 27 Stronach 5 of $91,481.74 after there were no winning tickets in Friday's popular wager.

The Stronach 5, featuring an industry-low 12-percent takeout and races from Laurel Park and Gulfstream Park West, featured several longshot winners during Friday's sequence, beginning with the opening leg when Gracetown won Laurel's seventh race and returned $35.60. The hits kept coming with Isadorable Aida ($17) winning Gulfstream's seventh race and second leg of the sequence and Hall Pass ($19.20) winning Laurel's eighth race and third leg of the sequence.

The last two legs of the wager were won by Ms. Haiti ($9) and Notsosubtle ($11).

Friday's races and sequence

Leg One – Laurel Park 7^th Race: $35.60
Leg Two –Gulfstream West 7^th Race: Isadorable Aida $17
Leg Three –Laurel Park 8^th Race: Hall Pass $19.20
Leg Four –Laurel Park 9^th Race: Ms. Haiti $9
Leg Five –Gulfstream West 9^th Race: Notsosubtle $11

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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Stronach 5 Returns Friday With Races From Laurel And Gulfstream

Races from Laurel Park and Gulfstream Park West, including two on the turf, highlight Friday's popular Stronach 5.

The Stronach 5, with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, kicks off with Laurel's seventh race, a $42,000 allowance event at a mile. Trainer Steve Asmussen sends out Break Curfew, a 4-year-old Into Mischief filly who ships in from Belmont Park. Trainer Mike Trombetta will send out Savedbythebelle, trainer Shug McGaughtey Pilot Episode, Michael Matz Global Ambition, and Kelly Rubley One Last Trial.

After heading to the turf for the second leg and Gulfstream's seventh race, an optional claimer for fillies and mares going a mile, Laurel's eighth race will feature a $50,000 optional claimer at a mile on the main track. Golden Brown is the morning-line favorite. The 5-year-old comes from Monmouth Park where he finished second in the Dan Horn Handicap, fifth in the Grade 3 Salvator Mile, and won the Irish War Cry in July.

The fourth leg of the sequence is Laurel's ninth race, a $10,000 maiden claimer at 5 ½ furlong. The Stronach 5 remains on the turf at Gulfstream for the ninth race, a claiming event for 4-year-olds and up

Friday's races and sequence

Leg One – Laurel Park 7th Race: (11 entries, 1 mile) 3:24 ET, 12:24 PT
Leg Two –Gulfstream West 7th Race: (12 entries, 1 mile turf) 3:38 ET, 12:38 PT
Leg Three –Laurel Park 8th Race: (11 entries, 1 mile) 3:54 ET, 12:54 PT
Leg Four –Laurel Park 9th Race: (13 entries, 5 ½ furlongs) 4:24 ET, 1:42 PT
Leg Five –Gulfstream West 9th Race: (12 entries, 1 1/16 mile turf) 4:42 ET, 1:42 PT

Fans can watch and wager on the action at 1ST.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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