Today's Hawthorne Matinee Horse Racing Picks

Yielding

A rain-soaked turf condition often producing a slick or heavy course and slower finish times.

Bleeder

A horse that bleeds due to a ruptured blood vessel during a race or workout. The medication Lasix can fix this problem.

Handicap

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