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Louisville Downs held its first race on July 14, 1966, opening a 51-night meeting that ran through September 10, 1966. Opening night drew 3,490 fans betting $102,098 on ten races. Charming Lad won the first race, paying $14, and Honor Time was the length winner, paying $3.60. [ 8 ]
Wilder Park is a neighborhood four miles south of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The area was originally the site of Greenland race course, built in 1866, a sister track of Churchill Downs. Greenland track closed in 1888 and the area became the Wilder Park neighborhood. The first houses in Wilder Park were built off Southern Parkway in 1891.
Churchill Downs Incorporated began with the opening of one legendary racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1875. While traveling in England and France in 1872–1873, 26-year-old Meriwether Lewis Clark devised the idea of a Louisville Jockey Club for conducting race meets. Clark toured and visited with a number of notable racing leaders ...
ZIP code(s) 40204, 40205, 40217. ... (Louisville, Ky.) in the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collections Archived 2010-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
Palatka Road KY 1230: Cane Run Road, Lower River Road, Watson Lane KY 1447: Westport Road KY 1450: Blue Lick Road KY 1531: Aiken Road, Johnson Road, Eastwood and Fisherville Road, Routt Road KY 1631: Crittenden Drive KY 1694: Brownsboro Road KY 1699: Whipps Mill Road KY 1703: Baxter Avenue, Newburg Road KY 1727: Terry Road KY 1747 [n 2]
Churchill Downs is a horse racing complex located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, famed for hosting the annual Kentucky Derby.It officially opened in 1875 and was named for Samuel Churchill, whose family was prominent in Kentucky for many years. [1]
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Okolona is a former census-designated place (CDP) in southern Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. [1] It is centered on the intersection of Preston Highway and the Outer Loop. The population was 17,807 at the 2000 census.