Thoroughbred Aftercare Day Set for Aug. 13 at Ellis
Six of North America's prominent Thoroughbred aftercare organizations will be featured on-site Aug. 13 as part of Thoroughbred Aftercare Day at Ellis Park.
Six of North America's prominent Thoroughbred aftercare organizations will be featured on-site Aug. 13 as part of Thoroughbred Aftercare Day at Ellis Park.
OXO Equine's three-time winner Transect headlines a field of six 3-year-olds seeking stakes glory in the $250,000 Ellis Park Derby Aug. 13.
The Ky Downs Preview Dueling Grounds Derby is one of three stakes events Aug. 5 at Ellis Park. Saturday's program will feature three stakes with winners receiving an automatic berth to corresponding races in September at Kentucky Downs.
Ellis Park will celebrate Breast Cancer Survivors July 15 with its annual Horses and Hope Day at the races.
It was smooth sailing for multiple stakes winner Bango who went to the lead early in the $225,000 Kelly's Landing Stakes July 1 at Ellis Park and held on to his winning position to cruise to victory.
Eye-catching 2-year-old filly V V's Dream will be in search of her first stakes victory in the $225,000 Debutante at Ellis Park and Del Mar Group's Wilson Q will look for his second-lifetime victory in the $225,000 Bashford Manor.
Dr. Nick Smith, chief veterinarian for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, told KHRC commissioners June 20 that there have been no equine fatalities over six days of racing at Ellis Park this month after a spate of horse deaths at…
Pura Vida Investments' Rhyme Schemes stamped himself as one of the top active 2-year-olds in Kentucky with a 9 1/2-length romp in a maiden special weight contest June 15 at Ellis Park.
Following at least a dozen equine fatalities at Churchill Downs since April 27, the track announced it would suspend its spring meet beginning June 7 and shift the ongoing meet of racing to Ellis Park starting June 10.
Ellis Park officials announced May 24 that a record $14 million in purses will be offered in its newly-released 2023 condition book.