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Live thoroughbred racing returns Thursday at Ellis Park Racing & Gaming, and the 25-day meet is going to be a little different this summer.
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]
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.
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.
It opened in 1966 and held over 3,400 days of harness racing until it was sold to Churchill Downs Inc. in 1991. Louisville Downs was built and managed by William H. King, a Louisville entrepreneur and promoter, who was the first to offer wagering by phone (“Call-a-Bet”) and full card simulcast wagering to television viewers. [ 1 ]
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 .
In August 2019, track owner Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI) announced that it would consider options to transfer racing away from Arlington Park after 2021. The announcement stemmed from the enactment of the Illinois Gaming Act, which provided for the legalization of sports betting and the construction of new casinos in Illinois. The law gave CDI ...