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In 1998, CDI purchased Ellis Park Race Course near Henderson, Kentucky. In 1999, the company acquired Calder Race Course and Hollywood Park Racetrack from Pinnacle Entertainment In 2000, CDI merged with Arlington Park and the eight OTB's owned by Arlington. In 2004, Churchill Downs Incorporated finalized the purchase of Fair Grounds Race Course.
Keeneland Association, Inc. is an equine business based in Lexington, Kentucky. It includes two distinct divisions: the Keeneland Race Course, a Thoroughbred racing facility, and Keeneland Sales, a horse auction complex. [2] [3] [4] It is also known for its reference library. [5]
Other listed stakes races that are run at Ellis Park include the Ellis Park Breeders' Cup Turf, Governor's Handicap, Tri-State Handicap, Audubon Oaks and the increasingly important Ellis Park Derby which in 2020 became a qualifying race for the Kentucky Derby with the winner receiving 50 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. [9]
Last race: Second in Grade 1 Blue Grass on April 6 at Keeneland, 1 ½ lengths behind Sierra Leone Running style: Stalker Notes: Just a Touch did not race as a 2-year-old and won his debut Jan. 27 ...
Running style: Deep closer Notes: All three of Honor Marie’s races as a 2-year-old came at Churchill Downs, where he broke his maiden Sept. 29 and won the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club on Nov. 25 ...
Owner: Repole Stable (Mike Repole). Repole is 0 for 7 in the Derby, his best finish coming with Mo Donegal (fifth) in 2022. ... Road to the Kentucky Derby points: 136 (No. 1) Last race: Won Grade ...
Kentucky Speedway opened as scheduled on June 16, 2000, with Billy Bigley winning the first ever event at the facility in front of a crowd of 36,210. [47] [48] A near sell-out crowd for the Truck Series race despite the race being delayed a day by heavy rain occurred on the 17th and 18th, with Greg Biffle winning. [49]
“I think this was a great education for him and a nice test that he’s going to need to win a race like the Kentucky Derby.” Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com . Follow ...