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2YO Racing Stalemate in Maryland Ends

The Maryland Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review Committee has approved the Maryland Racing Commission’s emergency regulation that will facilitate Lasix-free 2-year-old races, it was announced Sunday evening. No races for juveniles have been held in Maryland this year due to a stalemate between the state’s racing factions over the use of the anti-bleeder medication. It was announced on July 16 that The Maryland Jockey Club, The Stronach Group and the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association had reached an agreement for a Lasix-free pilot program through 2023.

While no 2-year-old races are listed in the current Laurel Park condition book, Maryland Jockey Club President Sal Sinatra said there would be two extra races offered for Friday, Aug. 7: a Lasix-free 2-year-old maiden special weight and Lasix-free 2-year-old maiden special weight for fillies, both at five furlongs.

Relatedly, 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 2020. The objective of the study is to track the incidence of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage in 2-year-olds racing without Lasix using video scopes.

The emergency regulation was approved for the standard six-month period, from July 31, 2020 through Jan. 26, 2021.

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Friday’s Stronach 5 Offers Four Of Five Races On The Turf

The Stronach 5 returns Friday with four of five races scheduled on the turf along with an industry-low 12-percent takeout and $100,000 guaranteed pool.

The action begins at 3:21 with a field of 10 maidens going 1 1/16 mile on the Fort Marcy Turf Course. Laurel's eighth race, the fourth leg of the Stronach 5, will be a restricted allowance race with a field of 10 Maryland-breds going 5 ½ furlongs on the Kelso Turf Course. Both races from Gulfstream Park, the eighth and 10th, are scheduled over the grass.

Friday's races and sequence

· Leg One – Laurel Park 6th Race: (10 entries, 1 1/16 mile turf) 3:21 ET, 12:21 PT

· Leg Two –Gulfstream Park 8th Race: (10 entries, 1 mile turf) 3:40 ET, 12:40 PT

· Leg Three –Laurel Park 7th Race: (12 entries, 6 furlongs) 3:59 ET, 12:59 PT

· Leg Four –Laurel Park 8th Race: (10 entries, 5 ½ furlongs turf) 4:33 ET, 1:33 PT

· Leg Five –Gulfstream Park 10th race: (12 entries, 5 furlongs turf) 4:48 ET, 1:48 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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Stronach 5 Cancelled When Races Taken Off The Turf At Laurel, Gulfstream

The Stronach 5 for Friday, July 24 has been cancelled after three races at Laurel Park and one at Gulfstream Park were taken off the turf.

The popular wager with the $100,000 guaranteed pool and industry-low 12-percent takeout will return Friday, July 31.

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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Montanez Fundraiser Surpasses Goal

The GoFundMe account set up to support jockey Rosario Montanez, injured in a spill at Laurel, surpassed its goal of $20,000 less than 24 hours after it was created. Montanez, 28, suffered multiple fractures to his back in a first-race spill at the Maryland track July 17, and underwent successful surgery the following morning at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Agent Joe Rocco, Sr. said Montanez also injured his neck in the accident.

Laurel trainer Brittany Russell launched the fundraiser the same day to help with medical and general living expenses for Montanez and his fiance, Chloe LaBarre, who works in Russell’s barn and is the sister of apprentice rider Rebecca LaBarre.

“It’s incredible, right? It’s so cool. The racing community, everybody is amazing,” Russell said. “You know when these guys get hurt, between the medical bills and just the living expenses, they’re going to be out for a while and something like that can help.”

A career winner of 609 races and more than $18.8 million in purse earnings since 2010, Montanez missed 20 months after suffering a concussion, fractured rib and pelvis, and head lacerations that required a plate to be surgically inserted in his face after a July 2014 spill at Saratoga, returning to the irons in March 2016. He was hurt again last August and didn’t ride back until getting single mounts Mar. 14 and 15 at Laurel.

“It’s so sad. He’s taken some hard hits. You’re just gutted for him,” Russell said. “He was ready to come back and then the coronavirus hit. He was out there working every day, trying to hustle, and we [weren’t] even racing. We get back to racing and then this happens. It’s brutal.”

The day before Montanez was hurt, Russell’s husband Sheldon, a multiple meet champion in Maryland who was leading Laurel’s current summer stand in wins and purse earnings, broke his wrist in a starting gate mishap at Delaware Park and is expected to be out four to six weeks.

“It’s been a rough couple days,” Russell said. “Sheldon’s OK. It sucks and it’s never a good time to get hurt, but looking at what happened to Rosario, it’s a risk that’s always there. Sheldon has a great attitude. It’s racing. Things happen. It’s dangerous.”

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