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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 c...

Sponsored by: 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...