Presque Isle Downs is in Erie, Pennsylvania. We handicap Thoroughbred racing only. This guide does not share statistics yet; we will add numbers from our race chart database once we have enough Presque Isle Downs charts for them to mean something.
The Track Itself
Presque Isle Downs runs a meet from spring into the fall on a synthetic main track. That makes it different from most of the tracks its horses ship in from.
Synthetic Form Is Its Own Form
Dirt form from Penn National, Mountaineer or the Ohio tracks does not always carry over to a synthetic surface. Horses with good races on synthetic or turf can run better here than their dirt form suggests.
Small Fields
Fields are often small, which tends to mean short prices. Passing races without a clear edge matters here.
The Takeaway
At Presque Isle, look first at how each horse has handled synthetic or turf, then at their dirt form.