The Stronach Group | Horse Racing Free Tips

Santa Anita To Provide Home For Non-Profit ‘Free Animal Doctor’

With an estimated 25 percent of America's pet owners unable to afford necessary veterinary care for approximately 24 million dogs and cats, Santa Anita Park will now provide a home for the non-profit Free Animal Doctor, which provides free veterinary surgeries for at-risk animals. Santa Anita management will also be working with Free Animal Doctor to extend its services to the track's backside community and other community groups in need, at no or low cost.

“There is a need for this type of small animal veterinary assistance locally and nationwide,” said Santa Anita's Aidan Butler, Acting Executive Director, CA Racing Operations for The Stronach Group. “We are well positioned to provide the assistance needed for the Free Animal Doctor clinic to administer necessary care for these precious animals, and we're honored to do so. We've let them know we are here to help in any way that we can.”

Free Animal Doctor (FAD), utilizes Crowdfunding to raise monies for specific pets and provides detailed itemized cost accounting which is directed by each animal's attending veterinarian.

“This serves to self-authenticate the cost of each surgery,” said FAD co-founder Sam Bernardo, who hopes to have FAD's veterinary “bus” fully operational in Santa Anita's parking Lot 7 by Sept. 15. “Once the money is raised for each individual animal's procedure, no additional money is accepted.”

Although a wide variety of surgeries will be performed, spaying and neutering will comprise the majority of the procedures taking place at Santa Anita. This important work also helps to assist community shelters from being overwhelmed by dogs and cats that do not have homes.

Bernardo, who is a practicing attorney, founded FAD four years ago with Ryan Boyd, who works in the local real estate industry.

“Our 'bus' is actually a 43-foot long mobile surgical hospital on a bus frame,” said Bernardo. “The facility was originally designed and used by the Spay, Neuter Action Program of San Diego. They donated it to us and we are so thankful that Santa Anita is providing us a home with independent sources of electricity and water, which are vital for surgical procedures.

“We've been operating for four years now and 80 percent of the animals that we've displayed on our website have gotten the required funding. With average costs ranging from $800 to $3,000, thirty percent of families that own these pets cannot afford the surgeries.”

Those interested are encouraged to visit FAD's website at www.freeanimaldoctor.org, where a photo and detailed description of each at-risk pet is provided.

The post Santa Anita To Provide Home For Non-Profit ‘Free Animal Doctor’ appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

Friday’s Stronach 5 Returns $4,690

The Stronach 5, which included a 1-2 favorite winning the last leg, still rewarded players Friday with a return of $4,690.80.

The popular wager, with an industry-low 12-percent takeout and $100,000 guaranteed pool, featured races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields.

The Stronach 5 began with Laurel's seventh race and favored G Man ($6.40) winning. The second leg, Laurel's eighth race, produced a $14 winner in Carolina Ice, while the third leg, Gulfstream's 10^th race, produced a $16.60 winner in Youshouldbesolucky.

After Matson ($10) won Golden Gate's second race and the fourth leg of the Stronach 5, Friday's wager wrapped up at Laurel with the 1-2 favorite Silent Malice ($3) winning the ninth race.

Friday's results

Leg One – Laurel Park 7^th Race: G Man $6.40
Leg Two –Laurel Park 8^th Race: Carolina Ice $14
Leg Three –Gulfstream Park 10^th Race: Youshouldbesolucky $16.60
Leg Four –Golden Gate Fields 2^nd Race: Matson $10
Leg Five –Laurel Park 9th race: Silent Malice $3

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.

The post Friday’s Stronach 5 Returns $4,690 appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

Full Fields, $100,000 Guarantee In Friday’s Stronach 5

Races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields along with a $100,000 guaranteed pool highlight Friday's popular Stronach 5.

The Stronach 5, with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will also feature three turf races.

Friday's Stronach 5 begins at Laurel with races seven and eighth. Race seven has 10 maidens 3-year-olds and up going six furlongs while the eighth race features allowance fillies and mares sprinting 5 ½ furlongs on the Exceller Turf Course.

After a claiming event over a 1 1/16 mile turf course at Gulfstream and a mile claiming event on Golden Gate's all-weather surface, the Stronach 5 wraps up with a return to Laurel and the ninth race, a mile event on the Bowl Game Turf Course.

Friday's races and sequence

· Leg One – Laurel Park 7th Race: (10 entries, 6 furlongs) 4:05 ET, 1:05 PT

· Leg Two –Laurel Park 8th Race: (9 entries, 5 ½ furlongs turf) 4:40 ET, 1:40 PT

· Leg Three –Gulfstream Park 10th Race: (12 entries, 1 1/16-mile turf) 5:01 ET, 2:01 PT

· Leg Four –Golden Gate Fields 2nd Race: (10 entries, 1mile) 5:15 ET, 2:15 PT

· Leg Five –Laurel Park 9th race: (10 entries, 1-mile turf) 5:22 ET, 2:22 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 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.

The post Full Fields, $100,000 Guarantee In Friday’s Stronach 5 appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

No Spectators At Preakness 145

The Stronach Group and the Maryland Jockey Club announced that Oct. 3 GI Preakness S. at Pimlico will proceed without fans in attendance. The 145th Preakness will air live on NBC from 4:30-6:00 p.m. ET. The Preakness, like the other two Triple Crown races, are a Breeders’ Cup ‘Win and You’re In’ events for the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic in November.

“The Stronach Group and the Maryland Jockey Club have been working closely in consultation with local and state health and governmental authorities for the past several months to thoughtfully and safely plan for Preakness 145,” said Belinda Stronach, Chairman and President, The Stronach Group and 1/ST. “While we had hoped to be able to welcome fans as we have for the past 145 years, the health and safety of our guests, horsemen, riders, team members and the community at large is, and will always be, our top priority. Although Preakness 145 will look and feel much different from all those that have come before it, 1/ST RACING is committed to delivering a day of world-class Thoroughbred horse racing.”

The Stronach Group and 1/ST indicated only essential racing personnel and horsemen will be permitted on-site at Pimlico on race day. The Preakness will operate in full compliance with all state, county and local health department orders and will follow all current and recommended CDC precautions and safeguards to ensure the health and safety of the limited number of essential racing personnel and participants required.

Existing ticket holders that have already purchased tickets will have the option to either transfer their purchased tickets to next year’s Preakness 146 or to apply for a full refund.

Information on ticket transfer or refund options is available at www.preakness.com, via email at tickets@preakness.com or by calling 1-877-206-8042, Monday-Friday, 9:00a.m.-5:00 p.m.ET.

For the first time since its inception, Preakness will represent the third jewel of the Triple Crown and will feature an all-stakes program with $3.35 million in purses, including the 96th running of the GII Black-Eyed Susan S.

The post No Spectators At Preakness 145 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.

Source of original post