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  2. How did Prairie Meadows go from a turkey to Polk County's ...

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    In 2022, live greyhound racing ended at the state's only remaining dog track, Iowa Greyhound Park, part of Q Casino in Dubuque, so Prairie Meadows now is the state’s only live pari-mutuel racing ...

  3. Prairie Meadows - Wikipedia

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    Prairie Meadows conducted its first day of racing on March 1, 1989. However, the track lost money during its first few years of operation and filed for bankruptcy in November 1991. Live racing was suspended for the 1992 season before revenues from off-track betting allowed racing to resume the following year.

  4. Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap - Wikipedia

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    The Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap is an American Grade III thoroughbred horse race held annually at the end of June at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa. The race is open to horses age three years and older and currently offers a purse of $300,000. Raced at a distance of 1 1 ⁄ 8 miles on dirt, from 1966 through 1973 it was run at 1 1 ...

  5. Iowa Derby - Wikipedia

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    The Iowa Derby is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on the dirt annually at Prairie Meadows Racetrack in Altoona, Iowa. The purse of the event is US$250,000. [1]

  6. Win or lose, Polk County in awkward position as it fights ...

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    The county took over the racetrack in 1993, when the supervisors issued bonds to pay off Prairie Meadows' debts after the nonprofit Racing Association of Central Iowa filed for bankruptcy two ...

  7. List of American and Canadian Graded races - Wikipedia

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    Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap: III $310,430 3&up open 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles: Dirt Prairie Meadows 6 July 2024 Indiana Derby: III $300,000 3yo open 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles: Dirt Indianapolis 6 July 2024 Indiana Oaks: III $200,000 3yo fillies 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles: Dirt Indianapolis 6 July 2024 Belmont Oaks [bf] I $500,000 3yo fillies 1 + 3 ⁄ 16 ...

  8. Live horse racing may come to Laramie County

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    Nov. 22—CHEYENNE — There are only three live horse racing tracks across Wyoming, and none of them are in Laramie County. That may change soon, however, as two separate proposals were discussed ...

  9. List of horse racing venues - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of currently active horse racing venues, both Thoroughbred racing and harness racing, sorted by country. In most English-speaking countries they are called "racecourses". In most English-speaking countries they are called "racecourses".