Today's Monticello Raceway Horse Racing Picks

Rabbit

Also known as a pacemaker; this is a horse with no expected chance of winning but is used to prompt a quick pace on the front end of the race to the benefit of a stablemate who is a closer.

Starter Race

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

Breeder

The owner of a horse’s dam – or mother - at the time a horse is foaled.