Minnesota horse racing fans can get live racing action from the flats quarter horses and the trotters and pacers during the summer months.
Canterbury Park offers live thoroughbred and quarter horse racing. The track also includes a casino and poker room and an event center featuring concerts and trade shows.
Fans of harness racing can take in the action at Running Aces. This track also features a 24-hour casino, card room, and hotel.
Minnesota TOP Horse Racing Betting Offers
- 250DMTCResidents are not permitted to wager on tracks within the state of Minnesota, including Canterbury Park and Running Aces
- BET200Check TwinSpires.com for updates as state availability and promotions may change.
- SPA250
Minnesota Horse Betting Sites And Mobile Apps
- TVG
- TwinSpires
- 123Bet
- NYRA Bets
- 1/ST BET
- DRF Bets
- Watch and Wager
Current Bonuses by Minnesota Horse Betting Sites
Horse Racing Sites | Betting Promos |
DRF Bets | $200 first-deposit match, unlimited DRF Classic and Formulator Past Performances |
123bet Minnesota | $1230 new member bonus, Refer-a-Friend bonus: get $50 |
TVG online | Get up to $200, Money Back Special on select races |
First Bet Minnesota
1/ST BET’s new players can choose from among three signup bonus options. They can get 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. A bettor would need to wager $5,000 to max out the latter offer. They have 90 days to fulfill the bonus requirements of each offer.
Betting Features: Rewards points every Tuesday and other weekly offers.
DRF Bets Minnesota
New players at DRF Bets get a 100 percent matching first deposit bonus worth up to $200.
Betting Features: stakes preview, unlimited DRF Classic and Formulator Past Performances, Free Beyer Speed Figures.
NYRA Bets Minnesota
Newcomers to NYRA Bets receive a $25 free bet, as well as a 50 percent matching first deposit bonus up to a maximum of $200. After customer wagers $400 in first 30 days. Then $200 wagering credit deposited to the account.
Betting Features: Free live video streaming (HD live and replay) on Thoroughbred, Harness and Quarter horse racing and race replays nationwide, free handicapping tips, swap positions quickly for Exacta, Tri & Supers.
TVG Minnesota
Get up to $200 Back If your first single-horse win bet doesn’t win. TVG also fees on your first deposit of $50 or more.
Betting Features: TVG Expert Picks for everyday, Free Past Performances Program, Money Back Special on select races.
123bet Minnesota
At 123bet.com, new players are eligible for a $123 signup bonus to new members.
Betting Features: No fees Friday, Loyalty Reward Points, Handicapping products from Equibase.
Popular Online Horse Bet Types & Races
With a win bet, if your horse wins the race, you win, too. On a place wager, if your horse finishes first, or second, you win. Show wagers cash as winners if your horse finishes first, second or third. Betting a horse Across the Board means placing a win, place and show wager on the same horse. If the horse finishes first, you win all three bets.
Multiple horse bets include exactas, a wager that requires you to select the first two finishers of a single race in the correct order. A trifecta is a wager that requires you to select the first three finishers of a single race in the correct order. A superfecta is a wager that requires you to select the first four finishers of a single race in the correct order.
By boxing these bets, the horses can finish in any order. For instance, if you bet a 2-3 exacta box, the horses can finish 2-3 or 3-2 and you win. Boxing a bet does cost more money, however.
A Daily Double wager requires you to pick the winner of two consecutive races. Pick 3, Pick 4, Pick 5 and Pick 6 wagers require a bettor to correctly select the exact number of consecutive race winners as are indicated by the number in the name of the wager.
You can select more than one horse in any given leg of a multiple race bet. The more horses you pick, though, the more expensive the wager.
Major US Horse Betting Events You Can Bet On In Minnesota
Date | Event | Location | Recommended Sites |
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4-05 | 2024 Kentucky Derby Betting Offers & Best Bets | 700 Central Ave, Louisville, KY, 40208 | TVG |
18-05 | 2024 Preakness Stakes Betting Promos & Offers | 5201 Park Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD 21215 | AmWager |
7-06 | The Best 2024 Belmont Stakes Betting Offers & Promotions | 2150 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont, NY 11003 | AmWager |
Canterbury Park offers no fewer than 27 thoroughbred stakes races during the track’s live racing season. These are highlighted by the $100,000 Minnesota Derby for three-year-olds and the $100,000 Minnesota Oaks for three-year-old fillies.
There’s also 15 stakes events for quarter horses. Feature events are the $100,000 Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby for three-year-olds and the $175,000 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity for two-year-olds.
The cap of the racing season at Running Aces is the Minnesota Night Of Champions.
Minnesota Horse Racing Betting Legal Overview
As early as the late 1880s there was live standardbred racing being held in Minnesota on the state fairgrounds in St. Paul. A few years later, the Twin City Jockey Club began contesting thoroughbred racing at Hamline. Both of these tracks met their demise in 1895 when Minnesota outlawed wagering on horse racing.
In 1982, the state legislature passed a bill to put a pari-mutuel betting amendment on the ballot. The voters gave their approval to this measure during the November elections. Seven years later, the state government gave approval for simulcast wagering.
Canterbury Downs opened its doors in 1985. It was renamed Canterbury Park in 1995. Running Aces began operations in 2008.
Minnesota Racetracks
Canterbury Park – 1100 Canterbury Road, Shakopee, MN 55379. Offering live thoroughbred racing every May-September.
Running Aces – 15201 Running Aces Blvd, Columbus, MN 55025. Offering live standardbred racing every May-September.
Minnesota Online Horse Betting FAQs
Canterbury Park and Running Aces provide simulcast wagering from around the world to Minnesota horse players.
As well, Minnesota horse bettors can live stream races via 1/ST Bet, NYRA Bets, DRF Bets, AmWager, and TVG.
18 for pari-mutuel horse wagering.
23Bet, NYRA Bets, 1/ST BET, and TVG are the top horse wagering platforms in North Star State.