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$10,307 is in the Rainbow 6 jackpot carryover pool heading into this week’s Friday-Sunday racing schedule … Nominations have closed for Pimlico’s 4-stakes turf spectacular on July 24, headlined by the Grade 3 $200,000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup, led by the likes of Pixelate, Field Pass and English Bee … The Mid-Atlantic circuit picks up another track July 19 when Colonial Downs opens for its meet that runs through Sept. 1. Note the Virginia circuit will race Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday with no Pimlico overlap, so expect many of the jockeys and trainers to commute and support both meets … Purses were raised 15% at Pimlico as of July 2 for the extended meet that runs through Aug. 22.

Stronach 5

The Stronach 5 is on temporary hiatus with only 2 tracks from the 1/ST family in action.

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 31% wins and a flat-bet profit. The factor Avg. Speed Last 3 was a top-3 factor for the third straight week.

Best Speed Distance
Best Lifetime Speed
Avg. Speed Last 3

Trends Last Week

-- Trainer Jamie Ness went 4: 2-1-1 with $5 and $10 winners as well as a 17-1 runner-up. Both wins came in dirt sprints. The barn was 12-24 in the exacta last week between Pimlico, Parx and Delaware Park.

-- Trainer Tim Keefe posted a 5: 2-0-2 record, winners paying $8 and $17 on dirt and turf. The victories turned around a 1-for-13 Pimlico cold streak for the barn since the start of June.

-- Jockey Forest Boyce is 11-for-17 in the exacta over the past 2 weeks with 8 runner-up finishes.

-- Jockey Julien Pimentel made the most of limited mounts, going 5: 3-0-0. His winners paid $3, $10 and $11 for 3 different barns. Pimentel had 2 turf scores on the July 11 program.

-- Jockey Jaime Rodriguez raided from Delaware Park for a 3: 2-1-0 mark, winning both dirt mounts. He had a $10 score and a 17-1 runner-up.

-- Jockey Yomar Ortiz was 2-for-4 with a whopping $94 winner to go along with a juicy $14 score. His average mount was 31-1.