Prairie Meadows Racetrack in Altoona, Iowa, will hold a mandatory payout of the Pick 5 jackpot on Sunday, July 12. The track ...

Live horse racing returns to Prairie Meadows Casino, Racetrack, & Hotel on Friday, April 30 when the Altoona, IA, facility opens its 32nd season of Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse action. On Thursday, ...

Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino will have a new look when its Thoroughbred meet begins April 28. The Iowa track has added two high-definition information boards on either side of its LED odds and ...

The midsummer racing season takes over Altoona, Iowa, this weekend as the region’s top sophomores clash at the 2026 Iowa […] ...

Street Boss's J J Grey earns black-type when taking Saturday evening's $250,000 Iowa Derby at Prairie Meadows.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino made CEO Gary Palmer a millionaire — and he stands to get even wealthier next year. After a ...

The Prairie Meadows stewards called 17-year-old jockey Tyler Bacon into their office Sunday morning to discuss his ride aboard Time to Sing in Race 3 on Saturday at the Altoona, Iowa., track. Social ...

The Iowa Derby and Indiana Derby bring the 3-year-old wars to the Midwest this weekend, while the July meeting at Newmarket ...

Prairie Meadows is gearing up to reopen for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.The casino will open its doors Monday at 8 a.m. and the horse racing season begins June 19. Due to social ...

Cash and controversy have been familiar themes throughout the history of Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino. Over the past 27 years, Polk County's only gambling business has gone from bust to boom, ...

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission has fined Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino over a minor caught gambling and drinking at the casino in April. The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission has fined ...

A regular at Prairie Meadows since it opened in 1989, George Markley has watched the scene at the racetrack change over the years. There's less live music between races, and only one food vendor ...