Today's Emerald Downs Horse Racing Picks

Trifecta

A wager picking the first, second and third horses in the exact order. A trifecta box means paying more to ensure the horses can finish in any order in the top three spots.

Handicap

A race where a handicapper has assigned weights to be carried by all runners on the basis of their past racing efforts.

Starter Race

An allowance race restricted to horses who have started for a certain claiming price recently.