Stronach 5 returns $8,826

Stronach 5 returns $8,826

BALTIMORE – There were four winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5, featuring a 12-percent takeout and races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields.

Each ticket was worth $8,826.10.

It was Barak Farm’s 2-year-old filly She Is Wisky kicking off the Stronach 5, winning Laurel’s seventh race in her third career start and returning $9.80.

Gulfstream’s eighth race, the $65,000 Cellars Shiraz for 3-year-old fillies on the Tapeta, served as the second leg of the sequence. Live Oak Plantation’s 5-1 shot Inthewinnerscircle ended up exactly there, getting up in the final strides under jockey Cristian Torres to beat Mademoiselle Nova. \

It was back to Laurel for the eighth race, featuring fillies and mares going six furlongs on a race moved from the turf to the main track. Heavy favorite and two-time stakes winner Dontletsweetfoolya beat four others for a 6 ¼ length victory.

Golden Gate’s fourth race, the fourth race of the Stronach 5, shook things up with the 10-1 shot Awesome Curlin rallying to beat nine other maiden claimers. The Stronach 5 concluded with Gulfstream’s 10th race, a maiden claiming event for fillies and mares that went to Triplet, ridden by Edgar Prado.

Friday’s races and sequence

  • Leg One –Laurel Race 7: She Is Wisky $9.80
  • Leg Two –Gulfstream Race 8: Inthewinnerscircle $13.40
  • Leg Three –Laurel Race 8: Dontletsweetfoolya $2.60
  • Leg Four – Golden Gate Race 4: Awesome Curlin $23.40
  • Leg Five –Gulfstream Race 10: Triplet $8.60

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.

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.