Joe Hernandez Stakes Headlines Santa Anita Horse Betting This Weekend
Here comes an encore for the aptly named “Great Race Place.” Santa Anita Park, the California horse race betting facility a few miles north of downtown Los Angeles, launches its first full live-racing weekend after a record-setting opener on Dec. 26. With cards Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, Santa Anita Park seeks to follow up […]
Pick 6 Payout, Flightline Headline Horse Racing Weekend at Santa Anita
Pick your spot. California horse race betting enthusiasts have abundant wagering choices Saturday at Santa Anita Park. Selections fall into three major areas: California state stakes events Races with large fields dangling potential big payouts A mandatory Pick 6 payout with a pool of perhaps $2 million Gamblers can access the action at the Arcadia facility […]
Santa Anita Fall Horse Racing Meet Begins With Awesome Again Stakes
They’re approaching the gate for the 18-day horse betting fall meet at historic Santa Anita Park. And on Friday, they’re off. The famed Arcadia oval site of many historic Kentucky Derby prep races and host of the 2023 Breeders’ Cup will get a blazing start with 11 stakes races, seven of them graded, this weekend. […]
Best Horse Races Around North America for California Simulcast Bettors – Sept. 17
Yes, the classic Saratoga meet is concluded, but no, the horse-racing industry California simulcast bettors love won’t grow quiet. A pair of $1 million turf races on Saturday bear that out at Aqueduct and Woodbine racetracks. So does a blockbuster card at Churchill Downs in Louisville, and a $500,000 race at Monmouth Park in New […]
Los Alamitos Horse Betting Meet Kicks Off This Weekend
Here’s a twin bill Ernie Banks would have appreciated. Los Alamitos Race Course, one of California’s four premier horse betting venues, summons the spirit of doubleheaders — a specialty item the Chicago Cubs legend loved — in a rare package of afternoon and evening racing Sept. 17-18 and Sept. 24-25. It’s the horse racing version […]
The National Horse Racing President Endorses Both Prop 26 & Prop 27 in CA. Why?
It would seem like an easy endorsement for the president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. Prop 26 would legalize sports betting in California at 67 Indian casinos and Santa Anita Park, Del Mar Racetrack, Golden Gate Fields, and Los Alamitos Race Course. Prop 27 would open online sports betting. No horse in the race, […]
Best Races Around North America for California Simulcast Horse Bettors – Sept. 10
California horse bettors, here’s one more Saturday turf spectacular for simulcast wagering. Kentucky Downs offers a loaded simulcast card starting at 8:30 a.m. Its 12-race card packs full fields, three $1 million races, and others close to that value. No race is under six figures. And the takeout percentage for win, place, and show is […]
Del Mar Meet Closes With a Loaded Weekend of Horse Betting Action
It’s time for the final horse betting weekend at Del Mar Racetrack, which has graced California horse racing fans with some incredible action the past couple months. Friday’s card includes the $125,000 I’m Smokin Stakes. A string of stakes races mark Saturday and closing day Sunday. The finale includes a mandatory payout of the 20-cent […]
Best Races Around North America for California Simulcast Horse Bettors – Sept. 3
Talk about an abundance of riches. California horse betting enthusiasts have not one, or two, but three $1 million races to wager into on Saturday. The big one in California is the TVG Pacific Classic, live at Del Mar Racetrack. The East Coast version is the Jockey Gold Club Cup unfolding at Saratoga Race Course in […]
Horse Racing Sensation Flightline Leads TVG Pacific Classic Field at Del Mar
The Del Mar horse betting slate this weekend features the centerpiece of the entire meet at Del Mar Racetrack. On Saturday, the $1 Million TVG Pacific Classic will be run on the historic racetrack outside San Diego. The 32nd running of the Classic is the flagship event of the Del Mar meet, the biggest event of […]