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Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack is now providing free digital race-day programs for download.

The programs will be available by 5:30 p.m. (eastern) the day before each scheduled race card. The only exception to that schedule is Monday's program will be available the Wednesday before.

The complimentary programs feature past performances from Equibase and will be available for download on the Finger Lakes website at https://www.fingerlakesgaming.com/racing/free-digital-program.  

“We think it's just another step in growing our horse racing business,” said Chris Riegle, the track's president and CEO. “We feel equipping horseplayers with the information to be successful is the key to increasing interest in our racing product.”

The racetrack located in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of New York State is currently racing Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, first post is 1:15 pm.

Memorial day, May 29, kicks off the 2023 stakes season with the annual running of the $50,000 George W. Barker stakes to be run at 6 furlongs. Flying Emperor won the 2022 edition, and some of the greatest sprinters in track history have won the race, including Finger Lakes Hall of Famers Frattare, Lordofthemountain and Sea Hunter.

Meet highlights include the $150,000 New York Derby on July 17, the New York Oaks on July 24, and the biggest race of the season, the $200,000-added New York Breeders' Futurity, which will be run on Oct. 16.

The 90-day 2023 racing season runs through Nov. 22.

Racing fans can watch Finger Lakes on the track's YouTube channel, and live video and replays are available on the track's website: https://www.fingerlakesgaming.com/racing/live-video-replays. 

About Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack: In operation since 1962, the facility added gaming to its offering in 2004 and expanded again in 2013. FLGR is highlighted by over 1,100 gaming machines, the 448-seat Buffet, Remedy Bar & Lounge, as well as live and simulcast thoroughbred racing. Gaming doors open at 8 a.m. and racing doors open at 11:30 a.m. daily. Home of the $200,000 (estimated) New York Breeders' Futurity and $150,000 New York Derby. For more information, visit www.fingerlakesgaming.com

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Fixed odds wagering was front and center at Monmouth Park for Saturday's opening day, and now, in its second year, again provided gamblers with solid value throughout the 10-race card.

Last year, fixed odds betting was predominantly available on-track and online at MonmouthBets.com, but the 2023 season at the iconic Jersey Shore track has been bolstered by the launch of the MonmouthBets mobile app, which allows New Jersey bettors to access fixed odds from their Android and Apple devices.

Fixed odds markets have been live for Sunday 10-race program since Friday and will be available well ahead of race days throughout the racing season.

Horseplayers in New Jersey now have the luxury of choice between the pari-mutuel pools and fixed odds, and that benefit was evident on opening day, when nine of the 10 races featured better payouts than the tote, as highlighted below.

Race	Winner	Opening Odds	Best odds	Closing Odds	Tote Odds
1	Prisoner	3.90	3.90	3.20	3.50
2	Excess Demand*	3.20	3.20	2.20	1.50
3	Super Duper Fly	7.00	13	13	9.10
4	Smile Bryan*	6.00	5.50	3.40	3.50
5	Coolcalm Collected	2.60	3.50	3.10	3.00
6	Girl Trouble	1.80	1.80	1.70	1.60
7	Big Brass Bed	2.80	3.70	2.50	2.80
8	Howgreatisnate	7.00	10	7.50	6.30
9	Katies A Lady	8.00	8.00	4.80	4.80
10	Hushion	4.80	4.80	4.60	5.30

*Indicates scratches affecting opening price
All prices displayed in decimal odds

“We saw last year that around 70 percent of fixed odds prices on closing were superior to the tote, and Saturday was only half, but fixed odds isn't about the closing price. It's about trying to read the market and secure the best price you can,” said Dallas Baker, head of Fixed Odds International at BetMakers, which powers the MonmouthBets platform. “It's not about whether the tote or fixed odds is a better product. It's about providing racing's No. 1 customer — the punter or gambler — with an expanded offering that improves the whole wagering ecosystem.”

Looking to the Sunday feature, the $100,000 Serena's Song Stakes, MonmouthBets has opened with the Chad Brown-trained Distinctlypossible as a $2.20 favorite, ahead of Leader of the Band, ridden by leading rider Paco Lopez, at $3.80. Shotgun Hottie is next in line at $5.50.

“Chad Brown opened the meet with a training double, and with the status he holds in the game, he doesn't really need a reference like that for his horses to come up very short on the tote,” Baker said. “And Paco is usually supported heavily on the tote, so with these runners that hold plenty of sentiment, it is most likely you are going to get better value on the fixed odds boards, as that sentiment doesn't really factor in.”

 MonmouthBets is available via app download, in person at Monmouth Park or online at MonmouthBets.com, for New Jersey customers 18 and older. A $50 signup bonus is available for new customers.

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A mandatory payout of the 20-Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is set for Saturday's 10-race Gulfstream Park program that will be co-headlined by the $100,000 Royal Palm Juvenile and the $100,000 Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies.

Each of the two five-furlong stakes for 2-year-olds on turf will provide its winner with an automatic berth in one of six races for 2-year-olds during the June 20-24 Royal Ascot meeting, as well as a $25,000 equine travel stipend for shipping from the U.S. to England, in addition to the winner's share of Saturday's purse.

The Rainbow 6 has gone unsolved Friday for the 19th consecutive racing day following a jackpot hit, producing a $408,800.72 carryover heading into Saturday's mandatory payout. The Rainbow 6 pool is expected to grow to $1.5 million or higher.

On mandatory-payout days, the entire Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is paid out to the bettor or bettors with the most winners in the wager's six-race sequence. The carryover jackpot is usually only 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.

Saturday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 5-10.

The Royal Palm Juvenile is carded as Race 6. Wesley Ward, a 12-time Royal Ascot winning trainer, is represented in the field of 10 by Steve Cauthen's Holding the Line, an unraced Irish-bred son of Soldier's Call. Hall of Famer John Velazquez has the mount on the 5-2 morning-line favorite. Dew Sweepers' Blast Furnace, who finished second behind highly regarded Ward-trained Fandom at Keeneland in his debut, is rated second at 3-1 on the morning line. The son of The Factor, who will be equipped with blinkers for the first time, is trained by George Weaver, who is also represented in the field by Bregman Family Racing LLC's No Nay Mets, a debuting son of No Nay Never. Arindel's Reaper, who debuted at Gulfstream with an impressive 5 ¾-length score April 21, is scheduled to make his turf debut for trainer Juan Alvarado.

Samantha Perry Likes Blast Furnace in Juvenile

The Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies, carded as Race 9, drew a field of 11 fillies, including Ward-trained Ocean Mermaid, the 2-1 morning-line favorite. Stonestreet Stables LLC's Great Britain-bred daughter of Kingman will make her debut Saturday with Velazquez aboard. Weaver-trained Crimson Advocate, who finished third in his recent debut at Keeneland, will race with blinkers for the first time while making his turf debut for R. A. Hill Stable and partners. Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse will send out The Myth, a debuting son of The Factor who has been training forwardly at Gulfstream Park and Palm Meadows.

Brian Nadeau Likes Crimson Advocate in Juvenile Fillies

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Saturday's card at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $51,969 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Friday's nine-race card.

The $1 Pick 6 returned $1,082.50 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly.

The sequence kicked off in Race 4 with the Tom Albertrani-trained Itsakeyper [No. 1, $15] scoring a $25,000 claiming victory sprinting six furlongs on the inner turf under Junior Alvarado. Irad Ortiz, Jr. piloted his fourth winner of the day in Race 5 when the Jorge Abreu trainee Alice Kramden [No. 2, $7.20] graduated for a $30,000 tag.

Jose Ortiz engineered a winning ride aboard Rosebug [No. 7, $6.60*] in Race 6 for Hall of Fame conditioner Bill Mott one race before Lady of Thoroton [No. 8, $25] provided the biggest upset in the sequence with a rallying turf starter allowance score in Race 7. Katie Davis was aboard for trainer Chris Englehart.

The Jim Chapman-trained Drew's Gold [No. 6, $9.20] remained undefeated in four starts when drawing clear to a 4 3/4-length victory under Jose Gomez in Race 8, the featured $150,000 Gold Fever.

With no horses covered in Race 9, the Flavien Prat-piloted Reflexivity [No. 10, $15.40] graduated in a seven-furlong turf maiden for four-time Eclipse Award-winning conditioner Chad Brown to close out the sequence.

Saturday's Pick 6 will kick off in Race 6 at 3:40 p.m. Eastern and features the Grade 3, $200,000 Peter Pan in the opening leg and the Grade 3, $175,000 Runhappy in Race 9. First post on the 11-race card, which is highlighted by the Grade 1, $600,000 Man o' War in Race 5, is 1 p.m.

America's Day at the Races will present live coverage and analysis of the Belmont Park spring/summer meet on the networks of FOX Sports. For the broadcast schedule and channel finder, visit https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/tv-schedule/.

NYRA Bets is the best way to bet every race of the Belmont Park spring/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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