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Maryland’s First 2-Year-Old Race Kicks Off Friday’s Stronach 5

The Stronach 5, featuring a $100,000 guaranteed pool and industry-low 12-percent takeout, will begin Friday with the first 2-year-old race run this year in Maryland, a $40,000 maiden special weight event at five furlongs on Laurel Park's main track.

The popular wager will feature three races from Laurel and two from Gulfstream Park. Gulfstream's races will include a five furlong event on the turf and the sequence will conclude with a $45,000 allowance optional claimer at 5 ½ furlongs on Laurel's Dahlia Turf Course.

The opening leg of the Stronach 5 features a field of 10 juvenile colts and geldings. Three of the maidens – San Antone, Don't Dare Me and Alwaysinahurry – come into the race off second-place finishes at Delaware Park against maiden special weight company.

Friday's races and sequence

· Leg One – Laurel Park 6th Race: (10 entries, 5 furlongs) 3:21 ET, 12:21 PT

· Leg Two –Gulfstream Park 8th Race: (11 entries, 5 furlongs turf) 3:40 ET, 12:40 PT

· Leg Three –Laurel Park 7th Race: (12 entries, 1 mile) 3:59 ET, 12:59 PT

· Leg Four –Gulfstream Park 9th Race: (11 entries, 1 mile) 4:14 ET, 1:14 PT

· Leg Five –Laurel Park 8th race: (9 entries, 5 ½ furlongs turf) 4:32 ET, 1:32 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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Laurel Plans Nine $100,000 Stakes On Labor Day Weekend; Tesio Offers Preakness Berth

The Maryland Jockey Club announced today it will play host to nine $100,000 stakes races on Labor Day Weekend, including the Federico Tesio, a 'Win and In' for the Preakness Stakes (G1), the Weber City, a 'Win and In' for the Black-Eyed Susan (G2), and three stakes on the turf at Laurel Park.

Laurel will run an additional seven days in August and September due to the Maryland State Fair withdrawing their application to run this year.

The races on Monday, Sept. 7 will include the Tesio for 3-year-olds and Weber City Miss for 3-year-old fillies, and three races on the turf – the Henry Clark and Laurel Dash for 3-year-olds and up, and the All Along for fillies and mares.

There will be four $100,000 stakes on Saturday, Sept. 5. The Polynesian and Deputed Testimony for 3-year-olds and up, and the Alma North and Twixt for fillies and mares.

Laurel resumes live racing this week Thursday afternoon with a 12:40 first race post.

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Lasix-Free: Maryland’s First 2-Year-Old Race Of 2020 Carded For Friday

Laurel Park's first 2-year-old race of 2020 will highlight Friday's program. The 5-furlong event drew a field of 10 colts and geldings and will be run as the sixth race. The purse is $40,000.

Mopo Racing's Alwaysinahurry will go to post for trainer Dale Capuano. The son of Great Notion finished second in his debut July 13 at Delaware Park. Trainer Cathal Lynch has entered two horses including San Antone, a son of Bourbon Courage who has finished second twice at Delaware Park. Also entered are Kake'scharmingboy, a son of Union Rags trained by Michael Matz, Alpha Queue, who goes to post for Team Gaudet, and Gallant George, a son of Orb trained by John Salzman Sr.

Juvenile races at Laurel will be run this year without the medication Lasix.

Racing resumes at Laurel Thursday. First race post Thursday, Friday and Saturday is 12:40 p.m.

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Maryland 2-Year-Old Racing Set To Commence With Lasix

The Maryland Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review Committee Aug. 2 said it has approved the Maryland Racing Commission's emergency regulation on use of race-day Lasix in 2-year-olds, a decision that will facilitate the carding of races for 2-year-olds at Laurel Park.

No 2-year-old races have been run in Maryland so far this year. There are no such races in the current Laurel condition book, which runs through Aug. 22, so the races will be listed as extras on overnights. Maryland Jockey Club President Sal Sinatra said that there will be two late breaking extras for Friday, August 7th: X7 Lasix-free 2-year-old MSW five furlongs; X8 Lasix-free Filly 2-year-old MSW five furlongs.

The MRC on July 16 approved—subject to adoption of an emergency rule—an agreement between the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and The Stronach Group/Maryland Jockey Club for a Lasix-free pilot program through 2023. The pilot program was subject to the approval by the AELR Committee of the revised Lasix regulation, which states that no 2-year-old can be administered Lasix within 48 hours of a race; the remainder of the regulation will not be changed.

In a related matter, the MRC Equine Safety, Health and Welfare Advisory Committee July 31 authorized a veterinary survey study of all 2-year-olds that race in Maryland through Dec. 31 of this year. The objective, as directed by the MRC, is to track the incidence of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage in 2-year-olds racing without Lasix.

Under the survey study, veterinarians will take video endoscopies of all starters in 2-year-old races through Dec. 31, 2020. The MRC emergency regulation was approved for the standard six-month period—July 31, 2020, through Jan. 26, 2021.

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