News, Blog, & Press Releases

Festival Of Racing Puts Prairie Meadows In National Spotlight Over Fourth Of July Weekend
July 1, 2025

Iowa Festival of Racing Nominations Close On Saturday, June 21, 2025
June 20, 2025

Prairie Meadows Begins Mixed Meet Format Sunday, June 15
June 13, 2025

Stall Application, Payment Deadlines and More News from Prairie Meadows
March 26, 2025

Prairie Meadows Hiring Event
March 4, 2025

Prairie Meadows Announces New Racing Official Hires for the 2025 Racing Season
March 3, 2025

Prairie Meadows 2025 Condition Book #1 & Stall Application Now Available
February 19, 2025

Gary Palmer, President And CEO Of Prairie Meadows Retiring At The End Of The Year, Brian Ohorilko Announced as Successor
February 13, 2025

Gary Palmer, President and CEO of Prairie Meadows for 19 years, has announced his retirement.

Prairie Meadows & Polk County Begin Distributions In Annual School Funding Initiative
February 13, 2025

February 13, 2025– Altoona, IA. Polk County and Prairie Meadows have begun distributions for their yearly funding initiative for Polk County schools.

Prairie Meadows 2025 Horse Racing Dates Approved
December 3, 2024

The 80-day season will begin on May 9 and end on September 27.