First Stronach 5 on Friday

The Stronach 5 wager begins Friday with races from Laurel Park, Santa Anita, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields.

Laurel Park will serve as the betting hub for the $1 minimum wager, which will have a 12 percent takeout, as all pick fives do in Maryland. The Stronach 5 will be held each Friday through Nov. 2.

If there are no tickets with five winners, the entire pool will carry over to the next week. In the case of a surface change, all horses in that leg of the wager will be considered winners.

The Friday races are scheduled to be run within 42 minutes and begin at 5:26 p.m. Eastern. The wager starts with Laurel race 9, and continues with Santa Anita race 4, Gulfstream race 8, Golden Gate race 4, and Gulfstream race 9.