Kentucky HBPA College Day Returns Sunday at Ellis Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 5:50 pm | Back to: Top News
Updated: July 22, 2021 at 5:53 pm
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Kentucky HBPA College Day is back at Ellis Park this Sunday after a COVID-19 forced year hiatus.
Full-time college students can enter a drawing to win an iPad Mini or a $1,000 scholarship after each of Sunday s races.
The Kentucky Horsemen s Benevolent & Protective Association, which represents racehorse owners and trainers at the state s five Thoroughbred tracks, is sponsoring the iPad Mini giveaway and is teaming with Ellis Park for the $1,000 scholarships.
“College Day is an investment in our industry s future,” said Marty Maline, executive director of the Kentucky HBPA. “This is a promotion we re committed to building on. We believe if we can get college students to come to the track for the first time that we ll see them return. These could be our future horse owners, race
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James McIngvale
James McIngvale, the colorful Houston furniture magnate and horse owner known as Mattress Mack, will make the largest wager in Kentucky Derby history Saturday on unbeaten favorite Essential Quality and he s betting the $2 million or more at Churchill Downs in order to maximize the money that goes toward horsemen s purses.
McIngvale is famous for tying major sporting events into marketing promotions at his Gallery Furniture mega-stores. Customers who spend $3,000 or more on certain mattresses and bed sets in a given time frame get their money back (or 150 percent of what they spent in in-store credit) if the promotion s featured team or in this case, horse wins.
Ellis Park gearing up for 2021 meet with record purses, more stakes races
Ky. Downs Preview Day will now be two-day extravaganza
Ellis Park gearing up for 2021 meet with record purses, more stakes races By Aaron Hancock | April 25, 2021 at 11:06 PM CDT - Updated April 26 at 12:17 AM
HENDERSON, Ky. (WFIE) - Ellis Park is back on track to offer record purses while adding two new stakes for the 2021 racing season. The meet runs Sunday June 27 through Saturday Sept. 4.
Racing secretary Dan Bork said maiden races likely will top the record $50,000 achieved in 2019 before the pandemic forced cutbacks last year in the wake of a three-month shutdown. Average daily purses should top $350,000, which would be the highest in Ellis Park’s 99-year history. Those numbers include Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund supplements, for which the vast majority of horses are eligible.
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Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky.
Ellis Park is back on track to offer record purses while adding two new stakes for the 2021 racing season. The meet runs Sunday June 27 through Saturday Sept. 4.
Racing secretary Dan Bork said maiden races likely will top the record $50,000 achieved in 2019 before the pandemic forced cutbacks last year in the wake of a three-month shutdown. Average daily purses should top $350,000, which would be the highest in Ellis Park s 99-year history. Those numbers include Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund supplements, for which the vast majority of horses are eligible.
The condition book, which details the races for which entries will be taken on a given day, will be finalized in May after the Kentucky Derby, Bork said. Meanwhile, a 14-race stakes schedule was announced today, highlighted by the highly successful Kentucky Downs Preview Day now becoming Preview Weekend on Aug. 7-8 with the two new races. Six stakes received $25,000 p