Friday’s Stronach 5 Goes Cross-Country for Four Turf Races
Friday’s Stronach 5 Goes Cross-Country for Four Turf Races
Past Performances, Preview Show Links, All-Star Ticket
Five Races, Four Tracks, 60 Entries
Industry-Low 12-Percent Takeout, $50,000 Guaranteed Pool
LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5, a national wager with a guaranteed $50,000 pool and industry-low 12-percent takeout, will go cross-country Friday with four turf races and 60 entries.
The Stronach 5 Preview Show, hosted by Jason Blewitt and featuring Michelle Yu, Ron Nicoletti, Stan Salter and Matt Dinerman, can be seen at: https://www.xbtv.com/video/stronach-5/stronach-5-analysis-for-october-26th-2018/
Past performances for the Stronach 5 can be found at: https://www.laurelpark.com/handicapping/stronach-pick-5
See the All-Star Stronach 5 ticket by clicking here.
The Stronach 5, hit Oct. 19 by one bettor who took home $88,286, has offered bettors a good return on investment the first four weeks it has been offered. The national Pick 5 rewarded 14 bettors Sept. 28 with $9,888 while the Oct. 5 payoff was $1,161 with the highest payoff being $12. Friday the Stronach 5 returned $3,629 to 25 bettors with the highest payoff in the sequence being $14.
The sequence begins on the turf at Gulfstream Park West with maiden 2-year-olds going five furlongs on the turf. After a trip to Santa Anita to watch maiden fillies and mares going a mile on the turf, it is back to Gulfstream West for another five-furlong turf event, this one for 3-year-olds and up in an optional claimer.
Laurel’s Kelso Turf Course will be featured in the fourth leg, a starter allowance at a mile on the turf that drew 16 (five on the also-eligible). The Stronach 5 ends at Golden Gate with 2-year-old maidens going a mile.
Friday’s Stronach 5 sequence
● Leg One – Gulfstream West Seventh Race (14, 4 AE, turf) 4:30 ET, 1:30 PT
● Leg Two – Santa Anita Third Race (9 horses, turf) 5:03 ET, 2:03 PT
● Leg Three – Gulfstream West Eighth Race (11 horses, 1 AE, turf) 5:07 ET, 2:07 PT
● Leg Four – Laurel 10th Race (16 horses, 5 AE, turf) 5:24 ET, 2:24 PT
● Leg Five – Golden Gate Fifth Race (10 horses, all-weather) 5:53, 2:53
The minimum wager on the multi-race, multi-track Stronach 5 will be $1. If there are no tickets with five winners, the entire pool will be carried over to the next Friday.
For the Stronach 5, 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.
