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Ellis Park will launch its 25-day summer meet July 3, headlined by record stakes purses, top racing connections, fan-friendly ...
The Lions put in a superb second-half performance to emerge victorious 35-16 against the Blue Bulls in the Vodacom Cup final at Ellis Park on Saturday afternoon. It was the Lions’ third trophy ...
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 opening weekend of live racing will begin on ...
Ellis Park’s stakes lineup is led by the $400,000 Pucker Up (Grade III), one of seven races across Kentucky Downs Preview Weekend, Aug. 3-4. This stellar weekend of racing also includes the ...
Ellis Park has been closed since March 16 because of the global pandemic. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear late Thursday afternoon approved the opening of Kentucky tracks’ Historical Horse Racing (HHR ...
HENDERSON, Ky. — An Ellis Park regular who commuted from southern Illinois acknowledged the Churchill Downs Spring Meet had to change tracks after 12 horse deaths in a month, he just couldn’t ...
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT)- Ellis Park says that the facility will operate as normal today following an unexpected water issue on Thursday. The issue caused Ellis Park’s opening day of racing to be ...
The gala, organized by the Ellis Park Senior Social Committee, brings together older adults to eat, dance and spend time with their community. It also helps raise funds for neighborhood residents ...
But two of those horses are scheduled to run in stakes this weekend at the RUNHAPPY Meet at Ellis Park. Stuart plans to run Tut’s Revenge in either Saturday’s $70,000 R.A. Cowboy Jones ...
Churchill Downs Inc. announced Thursday an agreement to purchase Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky. In a news release, Churchill Downs Inc. said it had agreed to buy Ellis Park from Enchantment ...
HENDERSON, Ky. − As the son of a trainer, Jason Barkley basically grew up at Ellis Park. “I ran my first horse there and everything,” said Barkley, a Central High School graduate now based ...