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Golden Gate begins anew with its traditional Autumn Meet this Thursday through Sunday … The Rainbow 6 was paid out Oct. 18 and returned $1,125 for each 20-cent combination. The pool starts anew Thursday … Weekend handle on the new Golden Hour Pick Four, matching the final 2 races daily at GGF and Santa Anita, averaged more than $140,000 as interest in the wager grows … Jockey Kyle Frey and trainer Jonathan Wong were runaway winners of GGF’s recently completed summer-fall meeting in their respective divisions. Several of the race dates in that stand were transferred from Fresno’s fair meet.

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 Golden Gate Fields last week, each winning at a 20% or greater win rate and a flat-bet profit. Last Race Class showed a whopping $59.20 profit for a $2 win bet on each top selection for the week.

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Trends Last Week

--Trainer Steve Sherman was 14: 4-2-3 and showed a $1.39 ROI for every $1 bet. Sherman’s 4 wins included a trio of route winners (2 on main track).
--Trainer Bill McLean was 6: 2-0-1 with a $1.63 ROI for every $1 bet, featuring $7 and $12 winners. All 3 of his placings were with Kyle Frey in the saddle and all 3 in main track sprints.
--Leading jockey Kyle Frey was on his game at 24: 7-5-5 for 29% wins, 50% in the exacta and a $1.24 ROI for every $1 bet. Of his 7 wins, 6 were horses between 5-2 and 5-1, very playable propositions. He only rode 4 favorites (2 wins) among those 24 mounts.
--Favorites continued their main-track struggles on the Tapeta, going 6-for-21 (29%) after a 5-for-29 (17%) performance a week ago. That’s just 11 of the last 50 (22%).