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Prairie Meadows Casino

Prairie Meadows Casino is a horseracing track and casino located ten miles east of Des Moines, Iowa. Prairie Meadows features seasonal live thoroughbred, quarter horse and harness racing typically from April to November. Prairie Meadows has had an eventful history that began with its first live horse race on March 1, 1989.


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Prairie Meadows is considered as the pioneer in racinos - horse or greyhound race tracks which have casinos.

In 1995, Prairie Meadows expanded its operations to include 1,500 slot machines. Recently, the track added casino table games on Clubhouse's fourth level. Games include Texas Hold 'em, Omaha, Seven-Card Stud, Blackjack, Roulette, Craps, Pai Gow Poker, Three-Card Poker, Crazy 4 Poker and Mini-Baccarat.

Slot machine titles like Pele, Money Honey, 50 Lions, Star Drifter, Egyptian Quest and ER Fever will be available soon.

In addition to its one-mile racing oval, Prairie Meadows has a half-mile training track.

Prairie Meadows Thoroughbred Stakes

Prairie Meadows Quarter Horse Stakes

Prairie Meadows Harness Racing Stakes

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Prairie Meadows Facts

Prairie Meadows Records

Thoroughbreds

DISTHORSEAGEWGTTIMEDATE
4 FurlongsStraight Fever2117:46 -1/5Jul. 16, 1993
4 1/2 FurlongsSouthern Alert2122:51.24May 7, 2002
5 FurlongsDayjob5114:56.00May 1, 1999
5 1/2 FurlongsLeaping Plum61221:02.50Aug. 5, 1997
1 MileCoach Jimi Lee41171:07.85Jul. 4, 2004
1 Mile & 70 YardsTartine41171:35.00Aug. 11, 1998
1 Mile & 1/16Northwest Hill51231:39.69Jul. 4, 2003
1 Mile & 1/8Excessivepleasure31221:40.82Jul. 5, 2003
1 Mile & 1/4Beboppin Baby51141:46.62Jul. 4, 1998
One MileFamous Event51192:02-3/5Jun. 23, 1995
1 Mile & 1/2 Famous Event51232:32.00Jul. 9, 1995
1 Mile & 5/8 Sir Star91182:44-3/5May 12, 1989
2 MileGritti Marco61143:26.00Jul. 28, 1995

American Quarter Horses

DISTHORSEAGEWGTTIMEDATE
100 YardsSilver Concepts4124:06.21Sep. 14, 2002
220 YardsDuer Becky Chu3119:12.10Nov. 2, 1989
250 YardsExclusive Memories5124:13.24Aug. 13, 2001
300 YardsJohnnys Will5121:15.46Aug. 13, 1999
330 YardsCallies Corona3117:16.60Jul. 13, 2004
350 YardsAin't It Fun6124:17.44Oct. 1, 1999
400 YardsPast Performance5120:19.63Sep. 19, 1997
440 YardsRoyalanon4122:21.55Aug. 7, 1999
870 YardsBubba Episode5124:44.83Aug. 15, 1998
1000 YardsKing Rick Rack5127:52.28Sep. 27, 2002

Standardbreds

DISTHORSEAGEWGTTIMEDATE
1 Mile RacePark Place7N/A1:52.00Nov. 3, 2001
1 Mile TrotHomestead Dreamer3N/A1:56 -2/5Oct. 26, 2002
5 Furlongs TrotWenceslaus7N/A1:10 -3/5Nov.6, 2001


Prairie Meadows History

1989 - Prairie Meadows opened its doors to the public on March 1.

1995 - Prairie Meadows expanded its operations to include slot machines.

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