How the horse racing near me map works
The horse racing near me map loads as you scroll and shows only venues that hold live horse races, leaving out historical racing halls without a track and the two greyhound tracks. Every pin is a track page, and the filters work as on the racino map, narrowing the list to tracks with slots, card games or a hotel.
Distances come from your browser’s location and a straight-line calculation, which is fast and private but not a driving route. On the East Coast the nearest three tracks are often within an hour, while in the Plains the closest can be hours away. Treat each race track near me result as a shortlist and plan the drive separately.
Race track near me by state
| State | Tracks on the map | Main breeds |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 7 | Thoroughbred, harness, quarter horse |
| New York | 7 | Harness, thoroughbred |
| Ohio | 7 | Harness, thoroughbred |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | Thoroughbred, harness |
| Nebraska | 5 | Thoroughbred, quarter horse |
| New Mexico | 5 | Quarter horse, thoroughbred |
| Louisiana | 4 | Thoroughbred, quarter horse |
| Delaware | 3 | Harness, thoroughbred |
| Indiana | 2 | Harness, thoroughbred, quarter horse |
| Minnesota | 2 | Thoroughbred, harness |
| Oklahoma | 2 | Thoroughbred, quarter horse |
| West Virginia | 2 | Thoroughbred |
| Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia | 1 each | Mixed |
Kentucky, New York and Ohio each have seven tracks, but they race differently. Kentucky’s tracks hold short meets that hand the action from one to the next. New York and Ohio lean on harness racing at night, and Ohio’s seven tracks offer live cards in almost every month, so horse racing near me rarely means a long wait.
Pennsylvania has six tracks and some of the busiest schedules in the country, with Parx and The Meadows racing most of the year. In the smaller states one track carries the whole live season. Sorted by state, the table links each state page, which lists every track with its meet dates and the breeds it runs for the current year.
Thoroughbred, harness and quarter horse tracks
Thoroughbreds race at 35 of the 60 tracks, with jockeys on the flat over dirt or turf. Harness racing runs at 23, where standardbred trotters and pacers pull a driver in a light sulky, often on a half-mile oval under lights. Quarter horses sprint over short straight distances at 15 tracks, mostly in Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Nebraska.
The breed shapes the visit. Harness cards are usually in the evening with races about twenty minutes apart, which suits an after-work trip. Thoroughbred cards lean toward afternoons and weekends, with the biggest stakes days drawing crowds. Quarter horse races are over in seconds, so the betting window between them matters as much as the race itself.
When the tracks near you race
Six tracks on the map race for most of the year: Gulfstream Park, Parx, The Meadows, Northfield Park, Charles Town and Empire City at Yonkers. Everywhere else, live racing comes in a meet of a few weeks to several months, and the building runs as a casino with a simulcast room for the rest of the year.
Meet dates move from year to year, set by each state’s racing commission. The horse racing schedule on this site lists the current season for every track by state, and each track page carries its own dates. Check both before a long drive, because cards can be canceled for weather, track conditions or a shortage of entries.
Betting on horse racing near me
Bets at the track go into pari-mutuel pools, so the odds on the board move with the money until the gates open and the track keeps a set share as takeout. The pari-mutuel betting guide explains the pools, and the race simulator lets you try a tote board with play money before betting for real.
You can bet at the windows, at machines or in the track’s app where a state allows it. Wherever a horse racing near me search takes you, win, place and show bets are the easiest start; exactas and trifectas pay more but are harder to hit. Set a budget before the first race, as ten races pass quickly.
Tracks without a casino
This directory covers racinos, so a race track near me search here leaves out stand-alone tracks without a casino or historical racing license. Several of the most famous tracks fall into that group, especially in California, Maryland and Kentucky. For those, each state’s racing commission and the track lists in the sources are the best place to look.
For a casino floor with or without racing attached, the racinos near me map shows all 64 venues on this site, including the historical racing halls and greyhound tracks left off this page. Both maps share the same location button, so you can compare the closest race day with the closest gaming floor.