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Preakness Week has finally arrived with live racing Thursday-Friday-Saturday to complete the 6-day Pimlico meeting … Thursday’s card features a trio of stakes, Friday will be headlined by the Pimlico Special and Claiming Crown prep races, and Saturday’s Preakness card is comprised of exclusively stakes, 12 in all … First race post times are 12:40 pm ET weekdays and 11 am ET on Preakness Day …There will be a Pimlico Special-Preakness daily double offered Friday-Saturday.

Stronach 5

The Stronach 5 paid $5,248.90 last week to 26 winning tickets with no winner over 6-1 odds. The Oct. 2 Stronach 5 will be comprised of the following races (all times Eastern):

Leg A – Pimlico Race 8 with an approximate post time of 4:40
Leg B – Santa Anita Race 4 with an approximate post time of 5:10
Leg C – Golden Gate Fields Race 3 with an approximate post time of 5:30
Leg D – Santa Anita Race 5 with an approximate post time of 5:44
Leg E – Pimlico Race 10 with an approximate post time of 5:51

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 Pimlico, each posting at least 33% winners and a flat-bet profit. Early pace ability was on high display.

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Trainer Current Year
Last E1 Pace

Trends Last Week

--Favorites went 14-for-29 opening week, batting near 50% with 61% finishing in the exacta.
--Jockey Trevor McCarthy got off to a 17: 5-3-1 record at the Preakness meet. Of his 17 mounts, 11 were 7-2 or less and he was 11: 5-2-1 with those runners.
--Jockey Daniel Centeno was 10: 3-2-1, including 6: 2-2-0 on turf. Centeno had a $26 winner and an 11-1 price player on the bottom of the trifecta.
--Jockey Katie Davis continues to be precise with her mounts, posting a 9: 3-1-0 mark. She scored a $16 winner. Davis is 10-for-31 in September at Laurel/Pimlico, including 6: 4-1-0 with trainer Annette Eubanks.
--Trainer Claudio Gonzalez went 7: 3-1-0 with a perfect 3-for-3 mark when saddling the favorites. All 3 winners appeared for claiming tags (2 claiming, 1 maiden claiming).
--Trainer Jamie Ness, who historically has a strong Pimlico Preakness meet hand to play, went 4: 2-1-0 while hitting the exacta with all 3 favorites among those. He scored a pair of 1-1/8 miles turf claimers.