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The Pennsylvania Nationwide will start its fifty fifth racing season on February nineteenth with the primary of 105 Thoroughbred playing cards scheduled via November twenty fifth.
The final stay race was held on December nineteenth after the longest scheduled closure in racetrack historical past. The 2026 race occasion will as soon as once more be highlighted with the Grade 3, $400,000 Penn Mile on Could twenty ninth. Racing can be held on a Thursday and Friday foundation for the primary 4 weeks of the competitors, with Wednesdays added from March 18th. Racing will proceed its schedule via a four-week break in September, earlier than resuming on October seventh. The race schedule can be three days per week till the season ends on Thanksgiving eve, November twenty fifth.
Put up time can be 5:45 PM EST every race night time, aside from the primary race at 2:00 PM on the day of the Kentucky Derby. Put up time for the Could 2nd and July third Penn Mile nights and the favored camel, ostrich and zebra races is 5 p.m.
The 2026 racing season begins with two optimistic modifications. For jockeys, a 5% improve in prize cash would lead to an estimated common in a single day prize cash schedule of $165,000, with a most prize of $36,000 for a primary particular weight race and $39,000 for Pennsylvania-bred horses. For normal betting, the trifecta and superfecta bets have been decreased to 25% every.
“We’re excited to renew stay racing with some optimistic modifications after a protracted break,” stated Scott Lissia, Pennsylvania Horse Racing and Sportsbook Director. “We hope that jockeys within the area will see renewed enthusiasm and glorious racetracks and see Pennsylvania as a viable alternative for horse racing alternatives.”
