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Spendthrift sires keep rolling out the winners in July

POSTED: July 13, 2021

Tiz the Bomb, blitzes foes by 14 lengths; Lord Nelson’s first winner rolls to 7-1/4 length victory Tiz the Bomb, Hit It a Bomb’s most...

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Ellis Park: Record purses, 3-year-old turf stakes added

POSTED: April 25, 2021

HENDERSON, Ky. (Sunday, Aug. 25, 2021) — Ellis Park is back on track to offer record purses while adding two new stakes for the 2021...

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SB 120 to protect HHR passes Senate, goes to House

POSTED: February 10, 2021

FLORENCE, Ky. (Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021) – As the Kentucky State Senate passed SB 120, Turfway Park horsemen are making their case for the importance of...

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Historical Horse Racing: Game-changer for good in KY

POSTED: January 28, 2021

Photo: Dale Romans at a horse sale. Gwen Davis/Davis Innovation Opinion piece by trainer Dale Romans As a second-generation horse trainer and Kentuckian, my entire...

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Angel Montano: A life well-lived, American dream attained

POSTED: October 9, 2020

By Jennie Rees LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Angel Montano Sr. came to the United States from Mexico City at age 17 on a Greyhound bus with...

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Even in a pandemic, the show must go on

POSTED: September 23, 2020

Newton Buchner, Jr., Senior Director, Broadcast Operations, TVG Network, explains how the nation’s largest horse racing network, ramped up the production of HD horse racing...

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Brad Cox and McPeek Tie for Title at Ellis Park

POSTED: August 30, 2020

Mundaye Call won the $100,000 RUNHAPPY Audubon Oaks under Florent Geroux for one of trainer Brad Cox's 10 victories. Coady Photography Brad Cox, who also...

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Talamo wins first riding title on his new Kentucky circuit

POSTED: August 30, 2020

Joe Talamo was one of the leading riders in California when he relocated this winter to embark on a Midwest composed of Arkansas’ Oaklawn Park...

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Ellis Park fixture James "Pops" Schmitt, 1935-2020

POSTED: August 24, 2020

James E. Schmitt, known by everyone as Pops, became as much a fixture in trainer John Hancock’s barn as soybeans in the Ellis Park infield.When...

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