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Headlines

Laurel’s Rainbow 6 starts the week with a $5,609 carryover into Friday’s card … Maryland-bred Hello Hot Rod, a 2-time winner late last year at Laurel, tries his hand on the Triple Crown trail in Saturday’s Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby. He was recently sold and transferred to trainer Shawn Davis from locally based trainer Brittany Russell … 19 sophomores were nominated to the March 13 Private Terms, Maryland’s first 2-turn test toward the Preakness. Among those are Maythehorsebewithu, winner of the Miracle Wood, and Todd Pletcher’s Sainthood … The Private Terms is 1 of 5 stakes worth $450,000 on the March 13 Good Samaritan Day program.

Stronach 5

Last week’s Stronach 5 paid $1,156.90. Stronach 5 races this Friday, March 5, will be:

Leg A: Laurel Park Race 8 with a post time of 3:55 pm ET
Leg B: Gulfstream Race 7
Leg C: Santa Anita Race 3
Leg D: Golden Gate Fields Race 3
Leg E: Gulfstream Race 10

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, each posting at least 24% wins. Speed factors returned to dominance at Laurel.

Speed Last Race
Last E1 (Early) Pace
Avg. Speed Last 3

Trends Last Week

-- Trainer Mike Trombetta had the hot hand with a 9: 4-2-1 week. He was 2-for-2 with favorites and produced a $1.76 ROI for every $1 bet, thanks to a $14 winner along the way. Trombetta and Julien Pimentel were 4: 2-1-1 in tandem.

-- Trainer Hugh McMahon made the most of limited starts at 5: 3-1-0. McMahon won with both favorites he sent out, and hit a home run with $21 winner Brooks Robinson. He had been in a 1-for-15 slump in February prior to the breakout.

-- Trainer Jerry Robb kept his roll going with a 10: 3-2-0 performance that makes him 23: 9-3-2 since Jan. 30 at Laurel. All 3 winners last week were 2-1 or less and came in sprints at 6 furlongs or shorter.

-- Jockey Julien Pimentel struck with precision at 9: 4-1-1, including a 2-for-4 mark riding for Mike Trombetta. His winners were playable $6, $7, $11 and $13 returns that netted a $2.17 ROI for every $1 bet.

-- Jockey Victor Rosales went 6: 3-1-0 in limited tries, posting 2 victories in 5-1/2 furlong dirt dashes. He had a $16 winner that helped produce a $2.15 ROI for every $1 bet.

-- Favorites smoked the competition at 43: 21-8-4, winning 49% and landing in the exacta 68%. The chalk closed February at 39% wins and 61% in the exacta.