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ALTOONA, IA– JULY 26, 2024–Prairie Meadows Racetrack in Altoona, IA, will hold a mandatory payout of the Pick 5 jackpot on Monday, July 29, 2024.
The track received approval from the Iowa Racing & Gaming Commission to force out the jackpot, which hasn’t been paid since mid-June.
"The Pick 5 jackpot has grown to $125,255 going into the races of Friday, July 26," noted Garrick Mallory, Assistant Director of Pari-Mutuels at the Altoona track. "The jackpot was last paid out at $17,109 on Monday, June 24, just two days after it was paid out at $116,376 on Saturday, June 22."
Prairie Meadows races on a Friday through Monday schedule, with post times at 6 PM CT on Friday and Saturday and 4 PM CT on Sunday and Monday.
The Pick 5 sequence on Monday, July 29, covers the final five races of a thirteen-race card closing out the twelfth week of the 2024 ...
RUIDOSO, NM–JULY 25, 2024–Ruidoso Downs Race Track, Billy the Kid Casino, and the Ruidoso Downs Jockey Club will reopen to the public starting on Friday, allowing patrons to place wagers on races taking place at the Downs of Albuquerque.
The facility's entrance will now be on Highlands Lane, using Joe Welch Drive from Highway 70. Signage has been placed roadside on both streets to help drivers find an alternate route to the ...
OGALLALA, NE–JULY 24, 2024–The Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission (NRGC) has unanimously approved a request to transfer a horse racetrack license from Hastings to a new facility in Ogallala.
The move allows Brian Becker's Hastings Exposition and Racing, Inc. to transfer its state-issued horse racing license from Fairplay Park to Ogallala, roughly 200 miles west.
A new partnership with Elite Casino Resorts, an Iowa-based entity, will develop a Quarter Horse racetrack and a casino resort near Lake McConaughy. The Lake Mac Casino Resort & Racetrack project involves an investment of $100 million and is planned for a 178-acre ...
RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–JULY 24, 2024–Due to a scheduling conflict with Tingley Coliseum, Ruidoso Downs Race Track is announcing a change in the dates for the upcoming New Mexico-bred horse sale to Friday and Saturday, August 16-17.
The change in the date is being made as plans are created to move the remainder of the horse racing season and horse sales to Albuquerque this year following flood damage to the Ruidoso Downs property.
The date of the Ruidoso Downs Select Sale remains the same and will be held Labor Day weekend, August 30, 31, and September 1.
Sale catalogs are currently available online at ...
DALLAS, TX—JULY 24, 2024—A recent ruling was filed by the Idaho State Racing Commission for 2024 Stakes races that required disqualifications due to medication positives.
Cosmic Marfa was disqualified from first in the Roche Equine Veterinary Services Futurity on June 16, 2024, due to a medication violation for Albuterol, a Class 3/A substance. Abel Romero was the trainer.
Aint Shee Something has been disqualified from 2nd place, Idaho Jess has been disqualified from 6th place, ...
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–JULY 23, 2023–Stall applications for the 2024 Fall Meeting of Champions at Lone Star Park are due Wednesday, July 31. The application is available on the track's website in the Horsemen's Information section.
CLICK HERE to go directly to the stall application.
The Lone Star Park stable area will open to receive horses on Monday, August 19, and the track will open for training on Tuesday, August 27. ...
EL DORADO, KS –JULY 23, 2024–Rainbow Futurity winning rider Larry Dean Wilson, aged 82, passed away peacefully at his home in El Dorado, Kansas, on July 7, 2024.
Born on June 21, 1942, in El Dorado, Larry lived a life marked by his passion for horse racing and his enduring smile that touched all who knew him.
Larry's journey as a jockey began in the 1960s, and his career spanned several decades. He saw himself racing at tracks across Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona.
In 1969, Wilson guided T.M. Warren-trained Miss Three Wars to victory in the $92,401 Rainbow Futurity at Ruidoso Downs for owner Paul H. Travis.
Wilson would follow up the Rainbow Futurity victory with a runner-up finish aboard Miss ...
RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–JULY 23, 2024–Ruidoso Downs Race Track will reopen on Wednesday, July 24, for customers who wish to wager on simulcasted race tracks.
The race track’s main entrance is currently closed. All traffic must enter the property from Joe Welch Drive on the northeast side and follow signage directing customers to the ...
RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–JULY 22, 2024–Plans are continuing to be made for Ruidoso Downs Race Track's 2024 season to move to the Downs of Albuquerque starting this Friday, July 26.
Racing will be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with post time scheduled for 12:30 p.m. each day.
Stakes events that were postponed last weekend, including the $800,000 Rainbow Derby, $100,000 Rainbow Invitational, and $480,000 Rainbow Oaks Presented by Rolling Still Vodka and Ponderosa Whiskey, will be held this Saturday and Sunday. The $350,000 Zia Futurity and $170,000 Zia Derby will also be run this weekend.
The dates for the New Mexico-bred ...
RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–JULY 21, 2024–Ruidoso Downs Race Track has made an agreement with state racing officials and Downs of Albuquerque Owner Paul Blachard to move the remainder of the 2024 racing meet to Albuquerque.
"We are grateful to Chairman Billy Smith and Mr. Blanchard for working with us," General Manager Rick Baugh said. "We are all working in coordination to do what is best for the New Mexico racing industry."
Ruidoso Downs was forced to cancel five races on Saturday and the entire race card today when flash flooding caused major damage to the race track and two bridges located near the entrance of the ...
RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–JULY 20, 2024–Stakes races scheduled for Saturday, including the Grade-1 Rainbow Derby and several New Mexico-bred stakes events, were canceled Saturday at Ruidoso Downs Race Track when floodwaters once again damaged the race track.
Two thunderstorm cells hit the mountain burn areas earlier in the day, causing additional flooding that breached the racetrack around 3:15 p.m. (MDT).
The $50,000 Zia QH Stakes (race ...
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