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Headlines

Preakness Prep Weekend is set for Sept. 5 and 7 over the Labor Day holiday at Laurel Park, featuring 9 stakes worth $100,000 each – including the Preakness “Win & You’re In” Federico Tesio … MJC announced last week that the Grade 2 $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes would be contested this year on the Preakness Day undercard Oct. 3. The Grade 3 $250,000 Pimlico Special will anchor the Friday, Oct. 2 card … The Breeders’ Cup announced Aug. 24 that the Oct. 3 Grade 1 Preakness Stakes, this year’s final jewel in the Triple Crown, also would be a “Win & You’re In” qualifier to the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland in November … Rain washed away Laurel Park’s first scheduled 2-year-old turf races of the year last week. Expect to see the juveniles on grass in the coming days.

Stronach 5

The Stronach 5 paid a whopping $47,117 for a $1 ticket on August 21, split among 3 winners. The Stronach 5 for Friday, August 28 will be comprised of the following races (all times Eastern):

Leg A – Laurel Park Race 7 with an approximate post time of 3:56
Leg B – Gulfstream Park Race 9 with an approximate post time of 4:14
Leg C – Laurel Park Race 8 with an approximate post time of 4:32
Leg D – Laurel Park Race 9 with an approximate post time of 5:07
Leg E – Golden Gate Fields Race 2 with an approximate post time of 5:20

1/ST BET Top Factors Last Week:

Horseplayers using the 1/ST BET app saw the most success with these 3 of the 52 handicapping filters for Laurel Park, each showing a flat-bet profit and at least 27% wins with its top-rated contender. The leading “% Horses Defeated” category was a top-2 factor for the second straight week and produced 35% wins and a $43 profit if you bet $2 to win on each of that factor’s race leader for the week.

% Horses Defeated
Avg Best 2 of 3 Speed
Win %

Trends Last Week

--Favorites went 10: 6-3-0 in maiden races last week at an average price just over 6-5 odds.
--Jockey Jevian Toledo led the colony with a 15: 4-6-0 mark, hitting 27% wins and 67% in the exacta. But all 4 of his winners, and 8 of his 10 exacta finishers, were 2-1 or less odds.
--Jockey Luis Garcia’s 12: 3-0-2 week including a trio of double-digit winners at $10, $10 and $15. His ROI was $1.51 for every $1 bet. Garcia posted a 6: 2-0-1 record with trainer Bruno Tessore.
--No trainer won more than 2 races, though Ricardo D’Angelo went 2-for-2 with $6 and $12 winners of note. The barn is now 6-for-12 with limited attempts since July 10 at Laurel.

Trends Last 2 Weeks:

--Trainer John ‘Jerry’ Robb has an 11: 4-2-2 mark, including 3 wins in the claiming ranks and the other in a maiden claimer. Winners paid $4, $8, $10, $14 for a $1.76 ROI for every $1 bet.
--Trainer Damon Dilodovico continues to deliver with an 11: 4-4-0 record. That’s 36% wins and 73% in the exacta. That run includes a pair of 5-1 winners and an 11-1 runner-up.

Trends Last 3 Weeks:

--Jockey Angel Cruz has won at 24% with nearly 50 mounts and amassed an awesome ROI of $1.87 for every $1 bet. Along the way he’s posted upsets of $20, $32 and $57.--