April, 2023 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Mahoning Valley Schedules Mandatory Payout Of Buckeye Jackpot Pick 6 For April 15

The live racing season at Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course in Austintown, Ohio, is set to come to a thrilling conclusion on Saturday, April 15, with a mandatory payout of the Buckeye Jackpot Pick 6 carryover of $164,526.

In the interim, wagering on the Buckeye Jackpot Pick 6 has been suspended until the mandatory payout on Saturday, April 15 allowing Mahoning Valley the opportunity to provide an early guarantee to handicappers. Entries for closing day will be taken Tuesday, April 11; handicappers can anticipate a final program to be released Wednesday afternoon.

Live Racing at Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course is scheduled to return on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023.

About Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course

Operated by Penn Entertainment, Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course is conveniently located off Ohio State Route 46 and is open 24 hours daily. The 25,000 square foot gaming facility features VLT machines, Barstool Sportsbook and live horse racing which includes a one-mile thoroughbred racetrack featuring track-view grandstand seats and a state-of-the-art simulcast theater where patrons can wager every day on races at tracks throughout North America. Dining and entertainment options include Take 2 Grill, Barstool Sportsbook Restaurant, Wahlburgers Favorites, Trackside, and H Lounge. For more information, visit http://www.hollywoodmahoningvalley.com.

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Luca Panici Follows Streaking Maryquitecontrary To Keeneland For Saturday’s Madison

Rodney Lundock's Maryquitecontrary is scheduled to make her first start for Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey in Saturday's Madison (G1) at Keeneland while seeking her seventh victory in eight career starts. The homebred daughter off First Dude won't have a rider change, however, for the seven-furlong sprint for older fillies and mares.

Luca Panici and Maryquitecontrary have teamed for six wins in six races, including eye-catching off-the-pace victories in the seven-furlong Inside Information (G2) last time out and one-turn mile Rampart during Gulfstream's Championship Meet.

Why change a winning combination?

“Thanks to the owner and trainer. I'm excited. It's a short field but I think we have a good shot,” said Panici between races on Thursday's opening day card of the Royal Palm Meet.

Formerly trained by Joe Catanese III, Maryquitecontrary graduated in her first start June 11 under Panici before finishing second behind multiple-stakes winner Last Leaf in the Azalea Stakes with Hall of Famer Edgar Prado aboard. Reunited with Panici, the homebred filly has won five straight races, including four stakes, with her off-the-pace and going-away running style.

“She's a good horse. Like with every good horse, you enjoy it. She's a horse when she has a target, she wants to catch it,” said the Milan, Italy native who has been a mainstay in the South Florida jockey colony for more than a decade. “It's a joy to ride this kind of horse.”

Maryquitecontrary drew Post 5 in a field of five and is rated third at 6-1 on the morning line behind 2-5 favorite Goodnight Olive, who's slated to make her first start since capturing the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Keeneland, and Society, a Grade 1 winner who finished seventh in the Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) last time out.

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2023 Santa Anita Oaks at a Glance

The West Coast’s crop of 3-year-old fillies will get their chance to punch a ticket to the Longines Kentucky Oaks in Saturday’s Santa Anita Oaks.

Big-Race Showdown: Key Derby Trail Races in New York, Kentucky, and California

For the seventh year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2023 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2023 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big Race Showdown.”