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New Television Show Fox Saratoga Saturday To Debut July 22

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and FOX Sports have announced the launch of FOX SARATOGA SATURDAY, a new national television show covering the summer meet at historic Saratoga Race Course.

Beginning on July 22 at 3 p.m. Eastern, FOX SARATOGA SATURDAY will air on FOX for six consecutive weeks and deliver unprecedented broadcast exposure of the biggest races from the sport's most revered venue.

“The greatest meet in horse racing is moving to FOX Sports' biggest stage,” said Michael Mulvihill, President, Insights and Analytics, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment and Tubi. “The launch of FOX SARATOGA SATURDAY demonstrates FOX Sports' commitment to showcasing this timeless sport and brings both new players and longtime handicappers as close to the action as possible.”

FOX SARATOGA SATURDAY airs through August 26, culminating with an expanded show for the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers. FOX SARATOGA SATURDAY will offer fans in-depth coverage and analysis of:

  • The Grade 1, $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks on July 22
  • The Grade 2, $500,000 Jim Dandy Presented by DK Horse on July 29
  • The Grade 1, $1 million Whitney on August 5
  • The Grade 1, $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap on August 12
  • The Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama Presented by Keeneland Sales on August 19
  • The Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers on August 26

“There is nothing in sports quite like the energy and excitement of a Saturday at Saratoga,” said Tony Allevato, NYRA Chief Revenue Office & President of NYRA Bets. “Thanks to FOX Sports, this new show means the most national broadcast hours of Saratoga in history.”

NYRA and FOX Sports first established a partnership in 2016 with the launch of Saratoga Live, the critically acclaimed and award-winning television show providing daily coverage of the 40-day summer meet at historic Saratoga Race Course. FOX Sports has continually expanded its coverage of racing's most important events each year since 2016 resulting in more than 1000 hours of live horse racing coverage in 2023.

Reflecting their long-term commitment to the sport of thoroughbred horse racing, FOX Sports is also now the exclusive home of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets, which aired on FOX for the first time in 2023.

For additional information, and the current FOX SARATOGA SATURDAY schedule, visit https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/tv-schedule.

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Meadowlands Sees Highest Handle Since 2006 On Saturday’s Pace Night

Meadowlands Pace night on Saturday was certainly one of the best Grand Circuit stakes cards of the season and business at the windows was right in line with the quality of the performances on the racetrack.

The Meadowlands enjoyed the highest handle on its biggest night of the season since 2006, when the Pace card saw a total of $5,672,535 wagered on the evening's fourteen races. Remarkably, Saturday's handle was the second largest of any track that raced the entire day, exceeded by only Saratoga Thoroughbreds.

The $5.6 million wagered represents a 20 percent increase over a year ago, when all sources handle totaled $4,733,390.

While stakes racing historically yields a very high percentage of winning favorites, the opposite was true on Saturday with only three favorites converting. Nine of the fourteen races on the card were stakes and while the average win mutuel for the entire card was $20, win prices on the stakes alone were north of $26.

An added bonus to the live television coverage from 10-midnight on Fox Sports 1 was a special “Cross Country” Pick 5 uniting Standardbred and Thoroughbred races in a common wager that included races 9 and 10 from Saratoga flats and races 10, 11 &12 from The Meadowlands. That wager returned $25,092 for a 50 cent bet.

> $2 payouts     > Average pools  
> Win $20   > WPS $114,878
> Daily Double $78   > Exacta $101,834
> Exacta $152   > Trifecta $72,873
> Trifecta $794   > Superfecta $47,657
> Pick 3 $2,802   > Daily Double $34,268
      > Survivor $22,829
> 50 cent payouts     > High 5 $21,246
> Pick 4 $4,371 > Pick 3 $33,545
      > Pick 4 $150,452
> 20 cent payouts     > Pick 5 $108,725
> Pick 5 $3,358   > Pick 6 $55,903
> Pick 6 $23,751      
         
> 10 cent payouts        
> Superfecta $234      
> High 5 $3,331      

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BetMakers Secures Penn National Content For Fixed Odds Wagering In New Jersey

BetMakers Technology Group (“BetMakers”), a global leader in wagering technology, has announced the addition of racing content from Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course (“Penn National”) to the growing slate of races available for fixed odds betting on MonmouthBets, the only legal, regulated fixed odds horse racing platform in the United States. Through an exclusive license, BetMakers facilitates the supply of fixed odds wagering services in New Jersey, including data, digital platforms, and retail terminals.

The agreement between Penn National's parent company PENN Entertainment and BetMakers' Global Racing Network facilitates the delivery of content for fixed odds betting from Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Pennsylvania and anticipates the addition of other PENN Entertainment racetracks in the coming months pending required horsemen and racing commission approvals. Penn National Race Course offers some of the nation's best night-time thoroughbred racing on a year-round basis.

“We are very happy to work with BetMakers to offer New Jersey's racing fans an opportunity to bet fixed odds on Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course,” said Chris McErlean, Vice President – Racing for PENN Entertainment. “We are interested in the reaction to our product in the New Jersey fixed odds wagering marketplace and hope that it will provide positive returns for not only Penn National but the wider racing industry.”

With the addition of the Penn National content, New Jersey bettors now have the opportunity to place fixed odds wagers on racing from 16 racetracks across the USA, Canada, the Caribbean, and South America.

“We are delighted to make Penn National's excellent racing available to fixed odds bettors in New Jersey,” said Jake Henson, CEO of BetMakers Technology Group. “In addition to conducting some of the highest quality racing in the United States, Penn National's availability for fixed odds betting helps further expand New Jersey's fixed odds betting content schedule. PENN Entertainment is a valued partner to BetMakers and we are excited to demonstrate the opportunities that the combination of fixed odds and tote betting – when offered on a robust racing menu – can offer North American racing's stakeholders. We look forward to adding more PENN Entertainment content in the future.”

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Three Free Handicapping Seminars Available Every Week At Del Mar

Del Mar will offer its racing fans a trio of free handicapping seminars each week during its summer season. The first two of them will be up and running for Saturday, July 22 and Sunday, July 23.

The seminars run between 30 and 45 minutes and are staged under a shaded canopy area near the large fountain in the Plaza de Mexico. The weekend seminars feature special guests who provide analysis and racing selections for the day's cards.

A third seminar – titled the Newcomers Seminar – is meant to educate new fans to the sport with an emphasis on the betting side of things. Those seminars are held each Thursday and the first one will be conducted on July 27.

All the seminars will begin at 1 p.m. during July and August. In September they will switch to a 12:30 p.m. start.

Leading a pair of the seminars – the Thursday and Saturday ones – will be author and racing analyst Frank Scatoni. The man in charge of the Sunday sessions is Dan Smith, a veteran Media presence and a Del Mar regular going back to 1964.

Del Mar's eight-week session runs from July 21 to September 10. First post for most days is at 2 p.m.

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