Turfway Park RaceTrack Review
By: Richard Bleuze
Turfway Park RaceTrack Review
Turfway Park RaceTrack racing dates for the 2011 are:
January 1 - April 3
September 8 - October 2
December 1 - December 31
Thus, it can be said that Turfway Park RaceTrack offers year-round thoroughbred racing. Turfway is located in Florence, Kentucky and Turfway Park sits near the northern border close to Ohio and Indiana. Florence has a population of 27,000, and relies on large manufacturing and commercial business to thrive.
Turfway Park RaceTrack is located just 10 minutes from downtown. Turfway Park RaceTrack offers exciting horse racing action and has a clubhouse that offers a quality dining experience. The track opened in 1959 as Latonia Race Course and was renamed in 1986. Some of the large races Turfway Park holds are the $500,000 Lane's End Stakes and the $350,000 Kentucky Cup Classic Handicap.
Turfway Park RaceTrack has a main track (Polytrack) that is 1-mile oval. Length of stretch from last turn to finish line at Turfway Park is 970 feet. In addtion, Turfway Park Racetrack is composited of polytrack
In 1997, Churchill Downs joined forces with three investors to purchase Turfway Park at an auction for $11 million. And things began to turn around in 1998, when live racing resumed with a seven-day schedule, running in conjunction with Turfway's September meet.
In 1999, Kentucky Downs experienced another increase of 13.5 percent in betting and Turfway Park RaceTrack still enjoyed holding races on weekends.
In September 2005, Turfway Park RaceTrack became the first North American racetrack to replace their dirt track with a Polytrack racing surface. Polytrack is a mixture of synthetic and natural materials that drains water quickly, remains consistent no matter what the weather and is proving to be safer for both horses and riders.
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Major racetracks
Major horse racetracks in the U.S. were opened
- at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1853;
- at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1863;
- at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland in 1870;
- at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey, opened in 1870;
- at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, opened in 1875;
- at Aqueduct Racetrack in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens in 1894;
- at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1904;
- at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, just outside New York City on Long Island, in 1905;
- at Fairmount Park Racetrack in the St. Louis suburb of Collinsville, Illinois in 1925;
- at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida, near Miami in 1925;
- at Arlington Park in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois in 1927;
- at Santa Anita Park in the San Gabriel Valley community of Arcadia, California, in the Los Angeles area, in 1934;
- at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky in 1936;
- at Del Mar Racetrack in the San Diego suburb of Del Mar, California in 1937;
- at Hollywood Park Racetrack in another Los Angeles suburb, Inglewood, California, in 1938.
Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States has its own Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Hall of Fame honors remarkable horses, jockeys, owners and trainers.
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