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Turfway Park opened in Florence, Kentucky, in 1959 as Latonia Race Course. The track is located about 10 miles south of the original Latonia Race Track in Covington, Kentucky, which hosted Thoroughbred racing from 1883 until it was torn down in 1939.
Aug 30, 2022 · On Tuesday, the newly renovated facility was briefly opened for a preview for local media. Turfway’s betting and gaming facility will open to the public on Sept. 1, though other portions of the horse track are still under construction.
Sep 2, 2022 · Turfway Park on Thursday opened its new grandstand and historical horse racing facility to the public nearly 18 months after ground was broken on the $145 million project.
May 22, 2022 · Turfway Park will open its new gaming facility Sept. 1, 2022; The facility will feature 840 historical horse racing machines; Guests will watch live racing again at Turfway Park starting in late November; The park’s general manager says it will “be crazy a year from now at Derby time”
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Aug 31, 2022 · Turfway Park Racing & Gaming, located at 7500 Turfway Road in Florence, reopens to the public Thursday, Sept. 1. There will be a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8:45 a.m., with...
The history behind Thoroughbred racing at Turfway Park spans three centuries. The track's roots reach from the first race at the original Latonia Race Course to today's call to the post, and the pulse-pounding rush of a great stretch run hasn't changed a bit in all that time.
Admittedly, the old Turfway Park was hardly Yankee Stadium, but damn, at least the Yankees did build a replica of the ‘House that Ruth Built’. Turfway’s grandstand was demolished in 2020 to make way for a new historical racing gaming facility with an ‘Event Center’.
