Harrah's Hoosier Park: Purse increase on the way

Harrah's Hoosier Park's 28th season of live harness racing continues to produce encouraging gains from all facets of its wagering operations. With that, officials with Harrah's Hoosier Park Racing & Casino have announced purses will increase by approximately 10% per day, effective Saturday, June 26.

"I could not be more pleased and excited to announce the upcoming purse increase," Harrah's Hoosier Park's Vice President and General Manager of racing Rick Moore noted. "This increase speaks to the health and vitality of Harrah's Hoosier Park's racing and gaming operations."

"In particular, I want to thank the Indiana Standardbred Association and the Indiana Horse Racing Commission's Standardbred Breed Development program for their partnership in putting a racing product on the track on a nightly basis that all participants in the Indiana harness racing industry can be proud of."

With a renewed focus on specialty wagers, full fields and competitive racing, through the first 50 days of the meet at Harrah's Hoosier Park, all-sources wagering has shown a 40.9% increase over 2019 figures.

The racing action continues to heat up on the track as the Indiana Sires Stakes series kicked off in impressive fashion in mid-May. Harrah's Hoosier Park will host an extended stakes schedule throughout the 2021 racing season worth a combined $4 million. Harrah's Hoosier Park's premier pacing event, the $300,000 Dan Patch Stakes, is slated for Friday, August 13.

With a daily post time of 6:30 pm, live racing will continue to follow a Wednesday through Sunday schedule through September 26 before reducing to a Wednesday through Saturday schedule through December 4. For more information on the live racing schedule, please visit www.harrahshoosierpark.com.

-edited release (Harrah's Hoosier Park)