Triple Crown Race Tracks

Experience the heart-pounding excitement of live greyhound racing at the Mystique racetrack from late April through October. You'll be on your feet cheering when these K9s come speeding toward the finish line!
Mystique also televises live simulcast racing from the country's top greyhound and horse racing tracks from around the world.

1. What Are The 3 Triple Crown Races
2. Distance Of Triple Crown Race Tracks

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2. Witness LIVE dog track racing Wednesday - Friday at 7:00 p.m. And evening performances beginning at 5:00 p.m. On Saturday—don't forget about the 10 cent superfecta. Bet on your favorite tracks in one of our many state-of-the-art simulcast areas. Dine at The Grill at First Turn, overlooking our vast race track.

Kentucky Derby Prep Races at the Kentucky Derby. The 2021 Kentucky Derby is the 147th renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports. Live odds, betting, horse bios, travel info, tickets, news, and updates from Churchill Downs Race Track.

The Iowa Greyhound Park features live greyhound racing and simulcasting from both greyhound and horse tracks across the country.

What Are The 3 Triple Crown Races

Its location built along the Mississippi River in Dubuque, Iowa is home to live greyhound racing May thru October, and attracts bettors from all around the Tri-State area.

Built in 1984, Dubuque Greyhound Park was the very first not-for-profit racetrack in the country, with all the profits earmarked for local charitable distribution.

New legislation was passed in early 2014, allowing the Iowa Greyhound Association to take control of The Iowa Greyhound Park formerly Dubuque Greyhound Park and will be operating the simulcasting and live racing operations.

If you're looking for a great afternoon or evening out, there is no better place to find fun, winning and excitement than at Palm Beach Kennel Club. Now more than ever, there is something for everyone with spectacular greyhound racing, simulcast action, lots of special events, fine and casual dining and much more.

The Palm Beach Kennel Club offers year-round greyhound racing and simulcast action. Children are allowed at the track if accompanied by a parent or guardian of legal age. However, they are not allowed in the Poker Room or near betting windows.

Southland Casino Racing opened its doors for the first time in 1956. For many years, the greyhounds raced only seasonally from approximately April until October. As the popularity of the live greyhound races grew, especially during the late 1980's, the live greyhound racing season was extended to year-around racing; made possible when the racing surface was fitted with an underground heating system. Southland still holds some of the industry's all time attendance and wagering records. On September 24, 1981, nearly 21,000 people were in attendance, wagering over $1.3 million on that evening's racing performance. Other interesting Southland facts include:

* Southland has one of the largest kennel compounds in the nation. It's twenty-five buildings can hold up to 1,950 greyhounds at any given time.

* Southland is the only racetrack in the nation that conducts nine-dog racing as part of it's live racing programs.

* Southland conducts an average of 6,000 races over the course of a year. We also offer simulcast wagering seven days a week, year-around (except on Christmas and Easter).

* Southland, opened in 1956, is one of the oldest operating greyhound tracks in the nation. Derby Lane (in St. Petersburg, FL) was the oldest, opening in 1925.

* Southland has been home to many greyhound All-American selections over the years.

Capture the thrill of breathtaking Greyhound racing excitement at the Mardi Gras Casino & Resort. Dine on succulent steak or seafood at the Grill at First Turn while watching the races or as you eagerly wait for the final Greyhound racing results to be announced. Mardi Gras Casino is one of the only West Virginia racing establishment that allows you to bet, dine and win—all in one place.
Witness LIVE dog track racing Wednesday - Friday at 7:00 p.m. and evening performances beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday—don't forget about the 10 cent superfecta

Bet on your favorite tracks in one of our many state-of-the-art simulcast areas

Dine at The Grill at First Turn, overlooking our vast race track

Get Greyhound racing results right at your table

Join the Racer's Edge Club and watch the points add up each time you wager

There’s nothing like watching greyhound racing at Wheeling Island! Our West Virginia greyhound racetrack hosts a full calendar of live greyhound races and simulcasts all year long.

Imagine eight thundering greyhounds racing toward the finish line at speeds of up to 40 miles an hour as your heart pounds with exhilaration. Live greyhound races at Wheeling Island take place on our West Virginia track every day except Mondays and Thursdays – so come down, pick your favorite, and place your bet!

On Mondays and Thursdays, you can still get in on the fun with live racing simulcasts from greyhound tracks around the country. Make your wager, then tune in to see if your greyhound is a big winner.

You can also listen to live radio broadcasts, watch live webcasts and race replays if you’re just not able to catch the races in person.

Come see what the excitement is all about and experience the best West Virginia greyhound racing for yourself at Wheeling Island!

Distance Of Triple Crown Race Tracks

Kentucky Derby: Churchill Downs

Track: Churchill Downs Louisville, KY
Distance: 1 1/4 miles
Purse: $1 million
Record: 1:59 2/5 (Secretariat, 1973)

There's no way possible that John and Henry Churchill could have envisioned that their family name would go down in infamy back in 1874. All they did was unload a piece of land that was part of Kentucky's declining stock farms to Col. M. Lewis Clark. Only a year after this acquisition, Clark's brand-new Louisville Jockey Club served as host to an estimated 10,000 spectators for the first Kentucky Derby on May 17, 1875, when Aristides ran to glory.

It wasn't until the Louisville Commercial newspaper used the name 'Churchill Downs' on a recap of the ninth Derby that the historic track got its namesake. Churchill, taken from Clark's uncles' name who sold him the land, and Downs, from an English-term for an expanse of grassy upland used for grazing and racing. It's been the name associated with the place to be on the first Saturday in May ever since.

Clark, who studied racing in Europe for two years before settling in Louisville, wisely fashioned his club after the great races of England. He modeled the Clark Handicap after the English St. Leger, the Kentucky Oaks after the Epsom Oaks for three-year-old fillies and the Kentucky Derby after the Epsom (or English) Derby. At first the Derby was set at one mile 880 yards compared to the Epsom's one mile 881 yards, but was later changed to the 1 ¼ mile distance that remains today.

Over the past century and a quarter, Churchill Downs has seen much more than one glorious week of racing in the spring. It boasts a long history of steeplechase racing, and has hosted several large-scale events such as State Fairs, popular musical greats and several off-season banquets and formal dinners in the Eclipse Dining Room, the Paddock Pavilion and in the infield. Locals also take great pride in boasting of how their favorite son, Muhammad Ali, used to jog the mile strip in the early '60s while in training.

For the average racing enthusiast, the infield of Churchill Downs is sacred land. Since the tracks' inception, it's served as a place for thousands of racing fans to enjoy themselves on race day. The manicured grounds are easily accessible via one of several tunnels constructed under the track in 1937 and are used to not only get an up-close view of the thoroughbreds but also for picnics, access to endless concession and souvenir booths.

The non-stop expansion and ability to adapt with the times has kept Churchill Downs' standing as horse racing's Mecca in the United States and is the reason the Kentucky Derby remains the country's oldest, continuously held race.

Preakness Stakes: Pimlico

Track: Pimlico Baltimore, MD
Distance: 1 3/16 miles
Purse: $1 million
Record: 1:53 2/5 (Louis Quatorze, 1996; Tanks's Prospect, 1985)

Could there have been a more appropriately named three-year-old to win the first Preakness at Pimlico in 1873? Survivor.

Pimlico, America's second oldest track behind Saratoga (opened in 1864), is celebrating its 130th anniversary year this season. Pimlico, which opened in 1870, has earned its patina of age, weathering small and major wars, recessions, depressions-including the Great One of the 1930's-fires and storms as well as the all-leveling destruction of passing time.

More than 50 years ago when Alfred G. Vanderbilt was young and president of the Maryland Jockey Club, he made a pertinent observation:

'Pimlico is more than a dirt track bounded by four streets. It is an accepted American institution, devoted to the best interests of a great sport, graced by time, respected for its honorable past.'

A half century later, Pimlico, with another youthful president, Joseph A. De Francis, has taken on more stature-indeed it has become a national treasure.

Despite its one hundred and thirty years-America was less than 100 years old when the track opened-Pimlico is marked by a reassuring vitality. The old track is not living in the past, although the memories and the names of old swirl around in a delightful backdrop.

Pimlico presently remains squarely fixed in the midst of the ongoing Thoroughbred story. The Pimlico Special, revived in 1988, has been instantly restored to its glory days as an American classic race. Like old times, Cigar, the 1995 winner of the Pimlico Special, was named Horse of the Year.

The Preakness is involved in its own revival. The past ten runnings have attracted nearly 100,000 people each year to Old Hilltop.

Once again, there is a stirring in the nation's barns as the three-year-olds move toward their engagements in the time-honored rite known as the Triple Crown. Pimlico, a blend of the old and the new, is ready again to play its role in determining the latest champion.

Some years ago, Pimlico employed a promotional slogan-'Pimlico-a place for old friends and young horses.'

It's time again for the old friends to assemble and of course those entertaining, if unpredictable, young horses.

Belmont Stakes: Belmont Race Track

Track Belmont Park, Elmont, NY
Distance: 1 1/2 miles
Purse: $1 million
Record: 2:24 (Secretariat, 1973)

Just like anything in New York, Belmont Park has to be bigger.

After the pageantry of the Kentucky Derby and magic of the Preakness Stakes, the Triple Crown shifts to Elmont, N.Y., for its final leg. There, the Belmont Stakes challenges horses in a much different way on 'The Championship Park,' just outside New York City.

The 1 1/2-mile course is a full quarter-mile longer than the first two races, thus it has often proved too challenging for champions seeking to sweep the three legs.

Of the 26 horses that came to New York's course seeking Triple Crown infamy, 15 were denied at Belmont. A record 85,818 packed the Elmont track last year looking to witness history, but Charismatic became the third horse in three years to be defeated in its quest for the Triple Crown.

While Charismatic was a close third, Belmont's most memorable race was also its most lopsided. In 1973, Secretariat cruised to the winner's circle as a Triple Crown champion with a 31-length victory in a still-standing course record 2:24.

Belmont Park opened its doors on May 4, 1905 when it took over as host of the oldest of the three Triple Crown races. The Stakes' inaugural run was in 1867 at Jerome Park Racecourse. On a heavy track, Ruthless won the four-horse race in 3 minutes, 4 seconds.

The Wright Brothers supervised an international aerial tournament before 150,000 people at Belmont Park on October 30, 1910. Belmont was also the site of the first American airmail service (1918) between New York and Washington, D.C.

In 1956, Belmont Park underwent a multi-million dollar facelift with emphasis on transportation and parking. In 1963, after 60 years, Belmont was forced to close due to structural deterioration. The 'new' Belmont Park reopened on May 20, 1968.

The first year the park re-opened, once again the Belmont deflated a Derby-Preakness winner. Stage Door Johnny stole Forward Pass' thunder in the '68 Triple Crown.

In 1997, the Belmont Stakes changed the traditional anthem of the event. Instead of the horses lining up to the theme, 'Shadows of New York,' the horses make their way to the starting gate to 'New York, New York.'

Just in case you didn't know where you were.