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Headlines

Kentucky Derby champ Medina Spirit and stablemate Concert Tour are expected in Baltimore for the May 15 Preakness, and either could give trainer Bob Baffert a record-breaking 8th victory in the race (passing R.W. Walden’s 7) … Limited ticketing remains available for the Preakness; visit Preakness.com/tickets … The Rainbow 6 has a $10,067 carryover into Thursday’s opener to the 4-day racing week … Conniver Stakes winner Kiss the Girl returns to action Friday in a Race 6 allowance … Nominations for all Preakness Weekend stakes closed May 4 with post position draws for the May 14 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day card this Sunday, while the May 15 Preakness Day lineups will be drawn Monday, May 10.

Stronach 5

Stronach 5 races this Friday, May 7, will be:

Leg A – Pimlico Race 8 with an approximate post time of 4:15 pm ET
Leg B – Pimlico Race 9 with an approximate post time of 4:49 pm ET
Leg C – Gulfstream Park Race 9 with an approximate post time of 5:00 pm ET
Leg D – Santa Anita Park Race 3 with an approximate post time of 5:06 pm ET
Leg E – Golden Gate Fields Race 2 with an approximate post time of 5:21 pm 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 Pimlico, each posting at least 26% wins and showed a flat-bet profit. Speed Last Race was a top-3 factor for the second straight week.

Speed Last Race
Last Late Pace
Best Lifetime Speed

Trends Last Week

-- Jockey Carol Cedeno continued her Pimlico roll, going 12: 5-0-5. She’s now 26: 10-4-5 through 2 weeks of the stand at Old Hilltop.

-- Jockey Jevian Toledo was on the money with a 17: 6-1-1 mark

-- Trainer Keiron Magee also continued a blazing Pimlico Meet start with a 6: 4-1-0 record. That makes him 16: 7-4-0 through 2 weeks.

- Sire Imagining has a superb 6: 4-0-1 record at the meet with his offspring on the dirt. Sire Golden Lad has 3 wins and 2 seconds from his first 11 dirt starters at the Pimlico Meet.

-- Favorites were 30: 13-6-2 for 43% wins and 63% in the exacta. The public dialed in Week 2 after a 29% effort for favorites during opening week.