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10/22/2020

Friday's Stronach 5 Returns $7,144.80

10/16/2020
Races from Santa Anita, Golden Gate, Laurel and Gulfstream West
 
LAUREL, MD –Friday’s Stronach 5, which included a $43.80 winner from Laurel Park, returned $7,144.80.
 
There were 14 winning tickets.
 
The popular wager featured races from Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields, Laurel Park and Gulfstream Park West along with an industry-low 12-percent takeout and $100,000 guaranteed pool.
 

Four Maiden Races Highlight Friday's Stronach 5

10/15/2020
Four Maiden Races Highlight Friday’s Stronach 5
Races from Santa Anita, Golden Gate, Laurel and Gulfstream West
 
LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5 will feature races Friday from Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields, Laurel Park and Gulfstream Park West along with an industry-low 12-percent takeout and a $100,000 guaranteed pool.
 

Lots of Winner in Friday's Stronach 5

10/09/2020
Returns $256 with Three of the Five Winners Returning $3.20 or Less           
 
LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5, which featured four turf races including two restricted turf stakes, resulted in 411 winning tickets Friday afternoon with each ticket worth $256.10 despite three of the five winners returning $3.20 or less.
 

Four Turf Races, Two Stakes, Highlight Friday's Stronach 5

10/08/2020
$75,000 Bert Allen and $75,000 Punch Line Stakes from Laurel
Races from Gulfstream West, Laurel, Santa Anita and Golden Gate
 
LAUREL, MD – The popular Stronach 5, featuring an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will feature four tracks and four turf races Friday, including the $75,000 Bert Allen Stakes and $75,000 Punch Line Stakes from Laurel Park.
 

Mike Maker Captures Preakness Weekend Trainer Bonus

10/06/2020
BALTIMORE – Mike Maker edged defending champion Brad Cox and two-time winner Steve Asmussen to claim the top prize in the Maryland Jockey Club’s $100,000 Sentient Jet Trainer Bonus offered to horsemen for their participation in stakes races over Preakness weekend, Oct. 1-3, at Pimlico Race Course.
 

Swiss Skydiver Upsets Authentic in Saturday’s 145th Preakness

10/03/2020
Filly Beats Boys with Second-Fastest Clocking in Preakness History
Becomes Only 6th Filly to Win Pimlico’s Historic Race
 
BALTIMORE – Peter Callahan’s Swiss Skydiver prevailed over Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Authentic in a thrilling stretch duel to capture Saturday’s 145th Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico, becoming the sixth filly to win the 1 3/16-mile classic for 3-year-olds.
 

145th Preakness Stakes Media Conference

10/03/2020
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ken McPeek
Robby Albarado
Media Conference
 
 

145th Preakness Quotes

10/03/2020
Winning Trainer Kenny McPeek (Swiss Skydiver) – (From NBC Broadcast) “I’m just proud of Robby. We had to call him in at the last minute. He did a great job. I’m really proud of him, her, [owner] Peter Callahan – I wish he was here. This is just a real honor to be around a horse like this. This is a special moment.”
 

Don Juan Kitten By a Whisker $100,000 James W. Murphy

10/03/2020
Edges G3 Winner Bye Bye Melvin for First Career Stakes Win
 
BALTIMORE – Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey’s Don Juan Kitten, beaten a head by Bye Bye Melvin in their previous meeting, avenged the loss and got the best of his rival by a nose on the wire Saturday in the $100,000 James W. Murphy at Pimlico Race Course.