grassland steppe announced on February 20th the first conditional release of the book with a preview of Horse Quarter, stock schedule for Thoroughbreds and Precious Horses, as well as additional information for owners, trainers, jockeys, and industry participants planning to race in Iowa.
Prairie Meadows’ 2023 live race season will begin May 12 and end September 30. The final race day of the season will be the Iowa Classic event with an all-Iowa hybrid racing tag. A total of 80 race days will be scheduled with both Thoroughbred and Precious Horse racing. The season begins with 20 Thoroughbred-only racing days from May 12 to June 17 and continues with a mixed schedule of Thoroughbred and Quarter Horses for 60 race days from June 18 to September 30.
Live racing will be offered on a Friday through Monday schedule with the exception of the inaugural race week which will have only races on May 12-13. Standard posting times for Friday and Saturday shows will be 6 p.m., while posting times for Sunday and Monday shows will begin at 4 p.m. As of Release Date For this contact, the only posting time exception is September 30, with the special posting time of 4 p.m. for the Iowa Classic.
The #1 Prairie Condition Book is now online and features only the first 14 racing days for Thoroughbreds with a preview starting on page 66 for Precious Horses with the first 10 racing days from 18 May 6 to 3 July.
“The Thoroughbred side’s overnight payoff has increased by $1,000 for the upcoming 2023 season,” said race secretary Quarter Chad Keller. “Much of Quarter Horse’s wallet structure remains the same as last year with minor tweaks, however, we should be close to $13,000 for an average overnight open wallet in 2023, our peak since 2008.”
Betting schedules for both breeds have also been released in 2023.
The Thoroughbred bet schedule will follow a similar format to last year, with the only change being that the four Iowa-bred bets receive purses increased from $65,000 to $75,000, Keller said. la,” Keller said. “The Quarter Horse staking schedule has a few minor changes for 2023. We’ve dropped the Prairie Sprint staking race and moved the Keokuk and Prairie Dash to different times in the schedule. We’ve also allotted the allocation. money back for some bets, shortening the distance between the rivers by 400 yards and adding a few more days between the test day and the final day for the 400 yard Derby.
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