Arkansas Horse Racing Betting Apps & Promos

Live racing. Simulcasting. Online and mobile wagering. A horse betting app. In Arkansas, horseplayers can access the best of all worlds when it comes to betting on the sport of kings. Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort – originally born as Oaklawn Park – has been offering live thoroughbred horse racing to the state’s horse players for over a century. It is located in Hot Springs.

All of the prominent online horse betting sites and apps such as TVG, Twinspires, Amwager, Nyra Bets are available in Arkansas. Use promo codes and bonuses.

Arkansas Horse Betting Sites and Apps

• DRF Bets
• 1/ST BET
• TVG
• TwinSpires
• AmWager
• NYRA Bets
• 123Bet
• DayAtTheTrack.com  

Arkansas Best Horse Betting Bonuses

Arkansas Online Horse Betting Promos

DRF Bets Arkansas

New players at DRF Bets are welcomed with a 100 percent matching first deposit bonus worth up to $250. TVG presents new players with a 50 percent matching signup bonus on their first deposit. This offer maxes out at $250.

Betting Features: Unlimited DRF Classic and Formulator Past Performances, Free Beyer Speed Figures.

AmWager Arkansas

AmWager offers new players the chance to choose their own signup bonus from among two options. For starters, there’s a $150 first-deposit match.

Betting Features: Dutch betting, pool wagering, race replays, free bet, current and historical horse race results.

TwinSpires Arkansas

TwinSpires offers a $200 signup bonus to new customers. The $200 bonus cash will be credited instantly after $500 in completed wagers are played.

Betting Features: Live races and highlights of previous races, both on the website and the app, 15% boost on a winning Trifecta bet every Tuesday.

NYRA Bets Arkansas

At NYRA Bets, new players are welcomed with a $25 free bet, as well as a 100 percent matching first deposit bonus worth a maximum of $200. Newcomers to 1/ST BET new players can choose from among three signup bonus options. There’s a $20 match for their first $20 wagered, a $100 match for their first $500 wagered, or a $10 match per $100 up to a total match of $500.

Betting Features: Free live video streaming (HD live and replay), race replays nationwide, free handicapping tips, swap positions quickly for Exacta, Tri & Supers.

Popular Online Horse Bet Types & Races

Straight bets such as win, place, show and across the board (win-place-show) are all available to Arkansas horse players. 

In terms of exotic wagering, there are exactas (the top two finishers in a race), trifecta (the top three finishers in a race), superfecta (the top four finishers in a race) and hexafecta (the top six finishers in a race). These types of wagers are also able to be boxed so that the horses can finish in any order, or wheeled, a wager through which at least one horse is keyed into a position and others can finish in any order.

Major Horse Betting Events In The USA That You Can Bet On In Arkansas

The Arkansas Derby

The Arkansas Derby for three-year-olds, held annually in early April, is considered a key prep race for the Kentucky Derby. Held at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, it’s a Grade I stakes race covering nine furlongs of the dirt track and offering a $1 million purse. The race was first contested in 1936. Jockey Pat Day rode a record three Arkansas Derby wins, while trainer Todd Pletcher has sent out five winners of the race.

A dozen past winners of the Arkansas Derby have gone on to win at least one leg of the Triple Crown. American Pharoah won the Arkansas Derby en route to capturing the first Triple Crown in 37 years in 2015. Concern, the 1994 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner, was also a victor in the Arkansas Derby. 

The Rebel Stakes

Offering a purse of $1 million, the Rebel Stakes is another significant Kentucky Derby prep. It’s a Grade II stakes race for three-year-olds held every March at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort and contested at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles. American Pharoah and Smarty Jones are the only horses to sweep the Rebel Stakes and Arkansas Derby.

The Apple Blossom Handicap

The Apple Blossom Handicap is a top spring Grade I stakes race for distaff horses four years and older. Contested each April at a distance of one and one-16th miles on Oaklawn’s dirt track, it offers a $1 million purse.

Arkansas Horse Racing Betting Legal Overview

The first race live race cards were held in the state at Sportsman’s Park in the late 1890s. Essex Park was another early Arkansas horse track. Oaklawn Park opened in 1904. Racing Casino Resort is home to several stakes races, highlighted by the $1 million Arkansas Derby, one of the final key preps for the Kentucky Derby.

Oaklawn provides simulcast racing year-round from tracks across North America. As well, by downloading the OaklawnAnywhere.com app, horseplayers in Arkansas can bet on Oaklawn racing from wherever they are in the state. There’s even a $150 signup bonus that’s accessible after downloading the app. 

Arkansas Racetracks

Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort – 2705 Central Ave., Hot Springs, AR 71901. Operating a December-May schedule, the facility also features a casino, hotel and spa, dining and entertainment, and restaurants and bars.

Arkansas Online Horse Betting FAQs