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Headlines

Closing week of the 2020 autumn meet will run Friday through Sunday … Sunday’s card will have a mandatory payout in the Rainbow 6. There’s an $86,131 carryover into Friday’s return to action … A trio of turf stakes are lined up: Saturday’s Grade 3 Senator Ken Maddy for filly/mare sprinters, along with Sunday’s Grade 2 Goldikova for filly/mare milers and Lure for Cal-bred milers … Flavien Prat leads Juan Hernandez 22-19 heading into the final week in the race for leading jockey. Peter Miller holds a 10-9 edge on Bob Baffert for the trainer’s title … Weekend handle on the new Golden Hour Pick Four, matching the final 2 races daily at Golden Gate and Santa Anita, averaged more than $140,000 as interest in the wager grows.

Stronach 5

The Stronach 5 paid $7144 last week to 14 tickets even with 3 winners at 5-2 or less. The Oct. 23 Stronach 5 will be comprised of the following races:

Leg A – Laurel Park Race 8 with an approximate post time of 4:18 ET
Leg B – Gulfstream Park West Race 9 with an approximate post time of 4:32 ET
Leg C – Laurel Park Race 9 with an approximate post time of 4:50 ET
Leg D – Santa Anita Race 3 with an approximate post time of 5:08 ET
Leg E – Golden Gate Fields Race 3 with an approximate post time of 5:25 ET

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 Santa Anita last week, each winning 21% or more. Last Purse was a top-3 factor for the second straight week.

Best Speed Track
Last Late Pace
Last Purse

Trends Last Week

--Trainer Bob Baffert posted an 8: 4-2-2 week with no misfires, winning 3 maiden special weight races and a stakes. His maidens were 5: 3-2-0.
--Trainer Doug O’Neill continued his perk up with an 8: 2-1-3 record that featured $7 and $11 winners. Both victories came with first-time starters on turf. O’Neill is 9: 3-3-1 with turf sprinters the past 2 weeks.
--Trainer Ryan Hanson won 2 of 4 with limited opportunities, scoring $7 and $13 winners in sprints (1 turf, 1 dirt).
--Trainer Craig Lewis went 5: 2-2-0, scoring a pair of turf winners including a $10 return. He had 1 win and 1 second in 2 team bids with leading jockey Flavien Prat.
--Jockey Abel Cedillo was 17: 4-4-3, thanks in part to a 5: 2-2-1 pairing with trainer Bob Baffert. Another $30 winner help Cedillo to a $1.60 ROI for every $1 bet on the week.
--Dirt favorites didn’t miss an exacta remarkably last week at 14: 6-8-0.