Stronach 5: Friday’s Stronach 5 to Feature $100,000 Guaranteed Pool

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Friday’s Stronach 5, featuring an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will have a guaranteed pool of $100,000 and races from Gulfstream Park and Laurel Park.

The Stronach 5 will have three races from Gulfstream, including two at a distance on the turf, and an allowance optional claimer for 2-year-olds at a mile featuring Juddmonte Farms Inc.’s Toledo and Gelfenstein Farm LLC’s Masterday.

The eighth race from Laurel, a seven furlong allowance optional event for 3-year-olds and up, will kick off the Stronach 5 sequence. The Laurel’s ninth race, the third leg of the sequence, has a field of eight 3-year-olds and up going 5 ½ furlongs.

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Friday’s races and sequence

· Leg One – Laurel Park 8th Race: (8 entries, 7 furlongs) 3:52 ET, 12:52 PT

· Leg Two –Gulfstream Park 8th Race: (12 entries, 1 mile turf) 4 ET, 1 PT

· Leg Three –Laurel Park 9th Race: (8 entries, 7 furlongs) 4:22 ET, 1:22 PT

· Leg Four –Gulfstream Park 9th Race: (8 entries, one mile) 4:30 ET, 1:30 PT

· Leg Five –Gulfstream Park 10th Race: (10 entries, 1 1/16 miles turf) 5 ET, 2 PT

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 STRONACH GROUP: The Stronach Group (TSG) is a world-class technology, entertainment and real estate development company with Thoroughbred racing and pari-mutuel wagering at the core. TSG encompasses five distinct business areas that are inter-related and supportive of each other, enabling TSG to be the most dominant player in the Thoroughbred horse racing industry in the United States, with business relations around the globe. TSG business areas include Technology, Entertainment, Racing, Real Estate Development and Agriculture. TSG is dedicated to delivering the best in class Thoroughbred racing content and operations. The company holds some of the greatest brands in the industry, including Southern California’s Santa Anita Park, “The Great Race Place”; South Florida’s Gulfstream Park, home to the US $16 million Pegasus World Cup Championship Invitational Series and retail destination, The Village at Gulfstream Park; Pimlico Race Course, home of the legendary Preakness Stakes, Laurel Park and Rosecroft Raceway in Maryland; Oregon’s Portland Meadows; and the San Francisco Bay Area’s, Golden Gate Fields. TSG is a leader in digital and mobile wagering technology through its subsidiaries AmTote and Xpressbet and is a major distributor of horse racing content to a global audience through Monarch Content Management. Please visit www.stronachgroup.com for more information