Your Online Racebook can Boost Profits with Horse Racing from Del Mar and Saratoga
Two of the biggest thoroughbred horse racing meets of the year will soon take place. On Friday, July 10, Del Mar starts their summer meet.
Then on Thursday, July 16, Saratoga starts their meet. Nicknamed “The Spa”, Saratoga offers stakes races every day of their summer gathering.
Del Mar and Saratoga should attract massive racebook betting action. Year-in and year-out, summer racing at Del Mar and Saratoga offers the top horses, trainers, and jockeys.
Where the top connections in horse racing go, betting on horses follows.
Check out more information on both upcoming meets. With the NBA and MLB both returning later in the month, bookies can use racebook wagering as a nice warm-up to the return of traditional sports.
Previewing horse racing wagering action at Del Mar
Horseplayers know Del Mar as “Where the Turf Meets the Surf”. The racetrack sits on the Del Mar Fairgrounds in Del Mar, California.
Legendary crooner Bing Crosby wanted a place where he could hang out with his friends. Crosby was a huge horse racing fan.
He didn’t want to go to Santa Anita. Thoroughbred racing doesn’t happen in Palm Springs.
So, Crosby got some money together, including some from Jimmy Durante, and they built Del Mar Racetrack.
That happened back in 1936. Since that time, Del Mar has become a California version of the famous Keeneland Racetrack in Kentucky.
Santa Anita is the Churchill Downs of California. Del Mar is the Golden State’s Keeneland.
Del Mar’s summer meet runs from July 10 through September 7. The track will run 38 stakes races in total.
21-of-38 races are graded events. Check out a list of the Grade 1 events, along with race dates, Del Mar will run this summer.
Grade 1 races at Del Mar this summer
- August 1 – Bing Crosby Stakes
- August 2 – Clement L. Hirsch Stakes
- August 22 – Pacific Classic and Del Mar Oaks
- September 6 – Del Mar Debutante
- September 7 – Del Mar Futurity
Key racebook promotions around Grade 1 race days. Often, horse racing tracks surround Grade 1 races with top events. On Grade 1 race days, pay per head agents should see an uptick in profit.
A preview of Saratoga’s 2020 thoroughbred horse racing meet
Like Del Mar, “The Spa” will run plenty of Grade 1 events during their 2020 summer meet. Saratoga’s summer meet happens from July 16 through September 7.
Saratoga will run a total of 71 stakes races this summer. That’s a lot of online horse racing betting action PayPerHead bookies can provide.
39-of-71 stakes are graded events. Like Del Mar, pph sportsbook agents want to promote Grade 1 race days.
Check out a list of the Grade 1 races at Saratoga. Then, we’ll discuss why the Travers Stakes is so essential.
Grade 1 races at “The Spa” this summer
- July 18 – Coaching Club American Oaks
- July 23 – A.P. Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase
- July 25 – Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap
- August 1 – H. Allen Jerkens Memorial / Personal Ensign / Whitney Stakes
- August 8 – Ballerina / Test / Travers Stakes
- August 15 – Alabama
- August 20 – New York Writers Cup Steeplechase
- August 22 – Fourstardave Handicap
- August 23 – Diana
- August 29 – Forego / Sword Dancer
- September 5 – Woodward
- September 6 – Spinaway / Hopeful
Wagering on horse events at Saratoga should explode on August 1 and August 8. The eighth is the biggest day of the entire Saratoga race meet.
That day, “The Spa” runs the Travers Stakes.
What makes the Travers Stakes special?
In standard years the Travers Stakes serves as a fourth Triple Crown race. Dubbed the “Mid-Summer Derby”, the Travers serves as the bridge from the Belmont Stakes to the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
3-year-olds that win a Triple Crown race and the Travers are often the best of their generation.
But in 2020, that formula has gotten turned on its head. This year the Travers will serve as a prep for the September 5 Kentucky Derby.
Tiz the Law, the 2020 Belmont Stakes winner and Kentucky Derby favorite, will run in the August 8 Travers Stakes. “The Law” has a chance to sweep all 3 Triple Crown races, the Travers, and the Breeders’ Cup Classic because this is such a strange year for horse racing.
That will be an incredible feat. If you decide to promote the Travers Stakes, name drop Tiz the Law.
Refer A Friend to supplement racebook and sportsbook betting action
Once the NBA and MLB restart, most sportsbook operators will sigh in relief. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use your PayPerHead.com bookie software to promote horse racing.
Your racebook can provide supplemental betting action revenue. Another great way to add revenue to your book is by taking advantage of PayPerHead’s Refer A Friend program.
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