Wednesday, September 01 2010
Turfway to Unveil Enhanced Video Production
FLORENCE, Ky., Sept. 1, 2010 – When Turfway Park opens its fall race meet Sept. 9, it also will unveil an enhanced video production system, the result of the track’s inaugural contract with International Sound Corporation of Pikesville, Md.
“Every single day, our goal is to enhance our customers’ experience, regardless of where each customer resides,” said Turfway Park president Robert N. Elliston. “Upgrading our video production will significantly improve our simulcast program and our fans’ on-track experience.”
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Wednesday, July 21 2010
Statement by Robert Elliston, Turfway Park, regarding Instant Racing
FLORENCE, Ky. (July 20, 2010) – Robert N. Elliston, president and CEO of Turfway Park, has released the following statement regarding the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission’s decision concerning pari-mutuel wagering on historic races, or “Instant Racing”:
“It’s no secret that Turfway Park is under stress because we’re unable to compete directly with our next-door neighbors who use gaming to fortify their racing and breeders’ programs. Our recent decision to cut the historic Kentucky Cup series from our fall schedule is only the latest blow and stands in stark contrast to the consistently positive news from our competitors.
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Thursday, July 08 2010
Turfway Park to Cut Fall Meet Dates and Stakes
FLORENCE, Ky., July 7, 2010 – Turfway Park has asked the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to approve a request to cut four Wednesday cards and all but one stakes race from its 2010 Fall Meet, track president Robert N. Elliston announced today.
The request will be considered at the commission’s next meeting, set for July 20.
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Monday, March 29 2010
Short schedule brings overall decline but increased daily averages for Turfway
FLORENCE, KY . . . March 29, 2010 . . . With its racing schedule for the 2010 winter/spring meet shortened to three or four days per week instead of the traditional five days, Turfway Park ended the meet with significant declines in on-track and all-sources handle compared to the same meet last year. Daily averages, however, were up.
Racing only Friday through Sunday in January and February and Thursday through Sunday in March, Turfway experienced a 24.3 percent decrease in on-track handle and a 19.1 percent decrease in all-sources handle for the winter/spring meet that began January 1 and ended March 28. The track presented 435 races over 45 days in the 2010 meet, compared to 619 races over 62 days in 2009.
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Sunday, March 28 2010
Orchestrator Strums Out Tough Win in Bourbonette Oaks
FLORENCE, KY . . . March 27, 2010 . . . Koolmen Racing Stable LLC’s Orchestrator tracked the early pace and still had plenty left to hold off Age of Humor by a neck in the $125,000 Grade 3 Bourbonette Oaks at Turfway Park Saturday. Winning time for the mile was 1:38.29 over a fast all-weather track.
Breaking from post position seven with jockey Alex Solis aboard, Orchestrator settled into second as the heavy favorite Helen Belen led the field of three-year-old fillies through fractions of :24.42 and :47.68 for the first half mile. Orchestrator took the lead as Helen Belen faded around the turn for home, but her advantage was quickly challenged by Age of Humor and the two raced side by side through the stretch. Midway Holiday finished another 2 1/4 lengths back in third.
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Exhi Adds to Pletcher’s Good Day with Rushaway Score
FLORENCE, KY . . . March 27, 2010 . . . Exhi added to a very good day for trainer Todd Pletcher with his one-length victory in the $100,000 Rushaway Stakes for three-year-olds at Turfway Park Saturday.
Pletcher also won three stakes at Fair Grounds, including the Louisiana Derby (G2) with Mission Impazible, and was third in Turfway’s signature race, the Lane’s End Stakes (G2), with Connemara.
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Return to sprint puts Cool Bullet in Hansel Stakes winner’s circle
FLORENCE, KY . . . March 27, 2010 . . . Cool Bullet found the waters a little too deep and the distance a little too far in the Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park last time out, but he relished the return to six furlongs Saturday at Turfway Park, cruising to a 4 1/2-length victory in the $50,000 Hansel Stakes.
The winning time of 1:08.97 was just off the track record of 1:08.03 set by Fatal Bullet in the 2008 Kentucky Cup Sprint. Both speeding ‘Bullets’ were sired by Red Bullet.
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Saturday, March 27 2010
Lane’s End Notes Friday
McPeek launching all-out assault on Saturday Stakes at Turfway Park
FLORENCE, KY . . . March 26, 2010 . . . With training complete and entries drawn, only the waiting remains for the Lane’s End Stakes at Turfway Park Saturday. Gates open at 9:30am, one-half hour earlier than previously announced. First post is 1:10pm.
Trainer Ken McPeek spent Friday at his Oaklawn Park headquarters overseeing stakes preparations for Noble’s Promise (Arkansas Derby) and Beautician (Fantasy Stakes or Ashland Stakes). But come Saturday, McPeek will appear often in the Turfway Park paddock, his mind on the four horses he has entered in four separate stakes events.
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Wednesday, March 24 2010
Turfway: Lane’s End notes for Wednesday
Kettle River has a lot to prove in Lane’s End
FLORENCE, KY . . . March 24, 2010 . . . Horses may collect any number of impressive trophies after the first Saturday in May, but the window of opportunity to be ready precisely on that day is small indeed. For trainer Eoin Harty, Kettle River has a lot to prove in the Lane’s End Stakes at Turfway Park this Saturday, at least as far as the Derby is concerned.
After two straight route wins, one on the turf at Hollywood Park and the other on the all-weather surface at Santa Anita, Kettle River surprised Harty by finishing eighth in the Sham Stakes (G3) in his last start.
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Lane’s End count grows
FLORENCE, KY . . . March 23, 2010 . . . The list of probable starters for Saturday’s Lane’s End Stakes (G2) grew by one overnight with the addition of the John Sadler-trained Ranger Heartley, announced Turfway Park stakes coordinator Tia Murphy.
Ranger Heartley has four wins in 10 starts, each time leading all the way. He most recently was fifth in the El Camino Real Derby, beaten less than four lengths by Connemara, who also is expected for the Lane’s End.
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Monday, March 22 2010
First look at Lane’s End Stakes
FLORENCE, KY . . . March 22, 2010 . . . The field for the Lane’s End Stakes is taking shape, with the list of probable starters holding steady at nine.
Trainer Todd Pletcher expects to bring two to the Lane’s End, one proven in graded stakes competition and the other looking for his chance to step up.
Connemara broke his maiden at Turfway Park in his debut race last fall before heading to California, where he most recently won the El Camino Real Derby (G3) at Golden Gate. He has three wins and one second in four starts for Pletcher, all on all-weather surfaces. In his most recent work, Saturday at Santa Anita, he went four furlongs in :47.80, seventh-fastest of 47 at the distance.
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Sunday, March 21 2010
Mitigation takes Turfway feature, March Madness Handicap
FLORENCE, KY . . . March 20, 2010 . . . Stakes winner Mitigation got the best of a well-matched field of seven in Saturday’s feature race at Turfway Park, taking the first running of the $30,000 March Madness Overnight Handicap by three-quarters of a length over Grand Daddy. Godolphin Gray was another 2 3/4 lengths back in third.
With Tom Pompell aboard, Mitigation sat a length back as stakes winners Flavor and Golden Country bumped and battled on the front end.
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