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On Saturday, Aug. 5, the Meadowlands Racetrack showcases the 98^th Hambletonian, also known as “harness racing's greatest day.” Home to the Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks since 1981, the Meadowlands hosts a day of fun for the entire family including epic races, carnival rides & games, pony rides & hat contest, food trucks, live music and giveaways.

The Grandstand doors open at 10 am with $5 admission. The giveaways begin immediately, including 2022 Hambletonian baseball cap for adults and children with paid admission.  $5 admission can be purchased in advance at https://meadowlandsracetrack.ticketleap.com/2023-hambletonian-day/

The first race post time is 12 noon.  The 98^th Hambletonian, America's Trotting Classic, is the richest trotting race in the world for 3 year olds with a purse of $1 million.  The companion filly event, the Hambletonian Oaks, is worth $500,000. There will be a total of 16 races on Hambo Day totaling over $3.5 million in stakes purses.

The Backyard will be filled with free carnival rides, games and pony rides plus a free live concert by the popular Craig Sailer Project beginning at 11 am. Racing fans can grab a Hambo flag, snag driver selfies, giveaways, and trainer autographs at the Harness Racing Fan Zone Tent.

Fans can grab some food from some delicious food trucks including Clyde's Homemade Italian Ices and Ice Cream, House of Cupcakes, Latin Bites, Cat Like Reflexes, Carnival Concessions, Who Cut the Cheese Lady Food Truck, The Original Delicious Lola Josefa's, Rods Fish N Chips, Green Dog Mobile, Hadez Food Truck, Bearded One BBQ, Big John's Gourmet Burgers and DAW Concessions. Plus grab a cold and refreshing Trotter's Gold golden ale brewed by Ghost Hawk Brewing Co commemorating 2022 Hambo winner Cool Papa Bell.

As an added bonus, fans can meet actor Kelsey Grammer at the Backyard Bar from 1:30-3pm.  He will be promoting Faith American Brewing Company, the brewery founded in 2015. Grammer's Faith American Ale and Blue the hazy NE IPA will be available for purchase. Gammer is also the celebrity trophy presenter for both the Hambleotnian Oaks and Hambletonian.

Bring your most creative hat for the chance to win the Hambletonian Hat Contest. Sign up at the track level promotions table and make your way to the track before Race 4. First place wins $500, second place $250, third place $100, fourth place $50 and the most elegant hat wins $100.

The Hambletonian Oaks is scheduled for Race 10 at 3:38 pm and the Hambletonian Final is scheduled for Race 12, with a post time at 4:45 pm.

For all things Hambletonian, visit https://playmeadowlands.com/hambletonian-news/

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Wednesday's card at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $193,772 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Sunday's 10-race card.

The $1 Pick 6 returned $1,699.50 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly.

The sequence kicked off in Race 5 – an off-the-turf allowance optional claimer for fillies and mares 3-years-old and upward – when Luis Saez piloted Fannie and Freddie [No. 9, $14.80] to a third career score for trainer Al Stall, Jr.

Tom Amoss saddled Greg Tramontin's Alys Beach [No. 6, $18.60] to victory in a 6 1/2-furlong maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies in Race 6. Tyler Gaffalione piloted the daughter of Omaha Beach.

Under guidance from Jose Ortiz, Repole Stable's New York-bred Jerry the Nipper [No. 11, $10] won his sixth lifetime start for trainer Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher in Race 7 – an allowance optional claimer for 3-year-olds and upward on the Mellon turf.

Leftembehind [No. 6, $11.40], trained by Barclay Tagg and ridden by Katie Davis, graduated at seventh asking in Race 8 – a $30,000 maiden claimer going one mile on the main track for 3-year-olds and upward.

The evergreen 9-year-old Channel Maker [No. 8, $32.40], the 2020 Champion Turf Male, went gate-to-wire to spring a 15-1 upset for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott in Race 9 – the Grade 2, $250,000 Bowling Green for older horses going 11 furlongs over the inner turf.

With the carryover already triggered, the sequence concluded in Race 10 – a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight for fillies and mares 3-years-old and upward – where Gaffalione returned to the winner's circle after piloting the Phil Bauer-trained Little Prankster [No. 14, $3.50*].

Wednesday's Pick 6 will kick off in Race 5 at 3:26 p.m. Eastern and includes the $135,000 De La Rose in Race 8. First post for the 10-race card is 1:10 p.m.

Saratoga Live will present live coverage and analysis of the Saratoga Race Course summer meet on the networks of FOX Sports. For the broadcast schedule and channel finder, visit https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/tv-schedule/.

NYRA Bets is the official wagering platform of Saratoga Race Course, and the best way to bet every race of the summer meet. Available to horse players nationwide, the NYRA Bets app is available for download today on iOS and Android at www.NYRABets.com.

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The 20-cent Rainbow 6 Gross Jackpot Pool will be guaranteed at $300,000 Friday at Gulfstream Park, where the popular multi-race wager went unsolved Sunday for the 13th racing day following a mandatory payout.

Friday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 3-8, featuring a 5½-furlong optional claiming allowance for Florida-bred older fillies and mares on Tapeta in Race 7. Fernando Abreu-trained Gitana holds a wide edge on experience over her seven rivals in the race for non-winners of a race other than maiden, claiming or starter and for horses entered for a claiming price of $20,000. The 6-year-old mare has been first or second in 15 of her 33 career starts.

A mile-and-70-yard maiden special weight event for older fillies and mares on Tapeta precedes the feature. The seven-horse field includes a Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained first-time starter, Applause. The 3-year-old daughter of Uncle Mo, bred and owned by Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds LLC, has been training forwardly at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park's satellite training facility in Palm Beach County. Kara and Colleen, a Joseph stablemate, enters the race after finishing second and third on Tapeta in her two most recent starts. Christopher Duncan-trained To Thyself B True is expected to receive attention at the betting windows off her third-place finish in the Powder Break Stakes in her last start.

The Rainbow 6 jackpot is paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

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Christian Hellmers scored with a huge exacta wager in race 10, the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes, amassing nearly $32,000 for the Day One lead in Del Mar's signature handicapping contest, the 20^th annual Del Mar Summer Challenge. The two-day, on-track only event attracted 128 entries.

Hellmers, from Del Mar, wins the first day prize of an entry to the $4,000 Pacific Classic Betting Challenge played at Del Mar or online through TVG.com on Saturday, Sept. 2.

The Bing Crosby was won by The Chosen Vron, 9-2 third choice in the field of 12 sprinters. Anarachist, at 8-1, finished second ahead of the 9-5 favorite Dr. Schivel. The $1 exacta paid $34.80.

Participants started with a $4,000 live money bankroll in the two-day Challenge offering more than $250,000 in total prizes and over $100,000 to the winner.

The top 12 finishers receive a combination of prizes including cash, six $10,000 Breeders Cup Betting Challenge entries, National Horseplayers Championship spots and entries to the Pacific Classic Betting Challenge.

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