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Media coverage of horse racing reaches its peak this week, leading up to the 148th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve Saturday, May 7. The race drew earlier than usual, on Monday, May 2, and the 20-horse field (with two also-eligibles) is set.
Sponsored by: Friday's popular Stronach 5 will feature the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) and $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3) from Pimlico Race Course along with races from Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields. The Stronach 5 will begin at approximately 5:12 p.m. with the Pimlico Special, a 1 3/16-mile event with five graded-stakes winners in the field of 11. The final leg of the Stronach 5 will be the Black-Eyed Susan at approximately 5:44 p.m. Gulfstream Park Mile (G2) winner and Oaklawn Handicap (G2) runner-up Fearless, trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Ira...
Stronach 5 Rewards 46 Winning Ticket-Holders With $1,800 Sponsored by: There were 46 winning tickets in Friday's Stronach 5 with each worth $1,800.80. Friday's wager featured races from Pimlico Race Course, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields along with an industry-low 12-percent takeout. Friday's first two races of the Stronach 5 began at Pimlico and both races produced prices, with Judi Blue Eyes ($10.80) winning the eighth race, an allowance event at 1 1/16 miles on the turf, and American Patrol ($19.80) winning the ninth race, a $40,000 maiden special weight...
Stronach 5 Returns Friday With Three Turf Races Sponsored by: The popular Stronach 5 returns Friday with races from Pimlico Race Course, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields along with an industry-low 12-percent takeout and three races on the turf. Post time for the Stronach 5 is 4:15 ET. Last week's Stronach 5 was cancelled when Pimlico stopped its live program after three races due to high winds. The Stronach 5 begins with Race 8 from Pimlico, an allowance event on a 1 1/16-mile turf course for Maryland-bred or sired fillies and mares. Leading trainer Claudio G...
Sponsored by: An interesting sequence of five races from four tracks along with an industry-low 12-percent takeout will make up Friday's Stronach 5. The Stronach 5 will include races from Pimlico Race Course, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields. The action kicks off at 4:34 ET with Pimlico's eighth race, a 5 ½ furlong event for optional allowance claimers led by Colts Neck Stables LLC's Dalton, who returns from a five-month layoff after ending his juvenile season with a second-place finish against the multiple-stakes winner No Cents in the James F. Lewis at Lau...