Category: Track News

With a double instant carryover of the Super Hi-5 on Friday at Eldorado Scioto Downs, the track will be guaranteeing the wager at $40,000 for Saturday (September 9). The guarantee will be in race 4, with a $7,753 carryover is scheduled to go off at 6:22 p.m.

When it comes to national television exposure, The Meadowlands has had plenty during 2023, and this Friday (Sept. 8), the TV departments at the New York Racing Association (NYRA) and The Big M will combine forces to show five of the six finals for the New Jersey Classic Series for 2- and 3-year-olds of each sex and gait live during a two-hour live presentation on Fox Sports 2 (FS2) beginning at 9 p.m.

Woodbine Entertainment today released details for the upcoming Ontario Sired Harvest Series at Woodbine Mohawk Park and the Ontario Sired Autumn Series at Flamboro Downs and Western Fair.

This week’s seeded $5 minimum Pick-5 at MGM Yonkers Raceway was not hit on Wednesday night’s (Sept. 6) program, so there will be a carryover of $19,100.75 in the sequence starting in Thursday night’s (Sept. 7) fifth race. This carryover amount is combined with $15,000 of seed money from the SOA of New York to make the total “free” money available $34,100.

As unseasonable heat continues to envelope the northeast and with a heat advisory in place predicting heat index values of up to 98-degrees for Plainville, the live card of racing originally scheduled for Thursday (Sept. 7) has been postponed and moved to Friday (Sept. 8), in an abundance of caution for the safety and well being of the horses and horse people involved in putting on the races.

The 26-day Fall racing meet at Rosecroft Raceway kicks off on Tuesday (Sept. 19) and runs through Thursday (Dec. 21).

MGM Yonkers Raceway will offer handicappers a unique opportunity during the remainder of the racing week with a special Pick-5 seeded with $15,000 on each card.

Horsepeople qualifying on Wednesday (Sept. 6) at Harrington Raceway are advised that qualifiers will begin at 10 a.m.

Still basking in the glow of a highly successful Hambletonian Day, The Meadowlands returns from a three-week hiatus with a power-packed two-week “Mini Meet” that kicks off Friday (Sept. 1) and features the New Jersey Classic, with estimated purses totaling $2 million.