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The acquisition also includes Ellis Park's future gaming and simulcasting facility in Owensboro. [1] In June 2023, due to concerns over twelve horse fatalities, Churchill Downs transferred its spring-summer racing meet to Ellis Park aligning with a recommendation from the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority. [citation needed]
Live thoroughbred racing returns Thursday at Ellis Park Racing & Gaming, and the 25-day meet is going to be a little different this summer.
Laguna Development Corp., which was founded in 1998, announced this month that it has sold off its Kentucky subsidiary, Ellis Park Racing and Gaming, to Churchill Downs Inc. for $79 million in cash.
In September 2018, the company opened Derby City Gaming, a $65-million historical racing parlor, at the site of Louisville Downs. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] In March 2019, Churchill Downs bought a 62 percent share in Rivers Casino Des Plaines , a few miles away from Arlington Park, from Neil Bluhm and his partners for $401 million.
Racing at Churchill Downs was expected to cease after the weekend’s races and then continue at Ellis on June 10, the track said. The track, home of the Kentucky Derby , reported on May 27 that ...
Even while the legal fight unfolded, Kentucky Downs installed Instant Racing terminals in September 2011, Ellis Park followed suit a year later, [41] and the Red Mile opened a historical racing parlor in partnership with Keeneland in September 2015. [42] Derby City Gaming, a standalone historical racing parlor, opened in 2018. [43]
After 12 horse racing deaths at Churchill Downs, the track will hold the remainder of its spring meeting at Ellis Park in Henderson, 134 miles from Louisville.
The Ellis Park Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Ellis Park Race Course in Henderson, Kentucky. Inaugurated in 2018, in 2020 it became a qualifying race for the Kentucky Derby with the winner receiving 50 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby .