(first jewel in the "Triple Crown" of thoroughbred horse racing) Ellis Park Race Course, Henderson Keeneland Race Course, Lexington Kentucky Downs, Franklin Turfway Park, Florence Louisiana Delta Downs, Vinton Evangeline Downs, Opelousas Fair Grounds, New Orleans Louisiana Downs, Bossier City Maryland Laurel Park (race course), Laurel Maryland State Fairgrounds, Timonium (only held during state fair, late August-early September) Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore (site of the Preakness Stakes, second jewel in the "Triple Crown" of thoroughbred horse racing, since 1873) Massachusetts Suffolk Downs, East Boston CLOSED as of June 2019. Michigan Northville Downs, Northville Michigan Minnesota Canterbury Park, Shakopee Nebraska Columbus Races, Columbus Fonner Park, Grand Island Horsemen's Park, Omaha Lincoln Race Course, Lincoln New Jersey Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford Monmouth Park Racetrack, Oceanport New Mexico Albuquerque Downs, Albuquerque Ruidoso Downs, Ruidoso Downs Sunland Park, Sunland Park SunRay Gaming, Farmington Zia Park, Hobbs New York Aqueduct Racetrack, Jamaica, Queens, New York City Belmont Park, Elmont (site of Belmont Stakes), (third jewel in the "Triple Crown" of thoroughbred horse racing) Finger Lakes Gaming and Race Track, Canandaigua Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs North Dakota North Dakota Horse Park, Fargo Ohio Belterra Park, Cincinnati Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course, Youngstown Thistledown Racino, North Randall Oklahoma Fair Meadows Race Track, Tulsa Remington Park, Oklahoma City Will Rogers Downs, Claremore Oregon Grants Pass Downs, Grants Pass Pennsylvania Parx Casino and Racing, Bensalem Township Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, Grantville Presque Isle Downs, Erie Texas Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie Retama Park, Selma Sam Houston Race Park, Houston Virginia Colonial Downs, New Kent County Washington Emerald Downs, Auburn West Virginia Charles Town Races & Slots, Charles Town Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort, Chester Wyoming Wyoming Downs, Evanston Harness racing Note: Harness racing is often conducted for short-term meets at various fairs and similar events. Many notable harness races are held at such venues, such as the Fox Stake at the Indiana State Fair and the Little Brown Jug at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio. California Cal Expo, Sacramento Delaware Dover Downs, Dover Harrington Raceway & Casino, Harrington Florida Pompano Park, Pompano Beach Illinois Hawthorne Race Course, Stickney/Cicero (also conducts thoroughbred racing) Indiana Hoosier Park, Anderson Kentucky The Red Mile, Lexington Oak Grove (racecourse), Oak Grove Maine Bangor Raceway, Bangor First Tracks Cumberland, Cumberland Maryland Ocean Downs, Berlin Rosecroft Raceway, Oxon Hill Massachusetts Plainridge Racecourse, Plainville Michigan Northville Downs, Northville Minnesota