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CORBIN — Cumberland Run opens this Sunday, bringing live horse racing to southeastern Kentucky for the first time and giving the state a third standardbred track.
It’s all about growing the sport. We hope to attract new interest and new fans. We hope folks will come out and see it.”
“We are committed to a world-class race meet,” Nicholson said. "We hope we’re seeing the start of a trend of overseas horses coming to run at Kentucky Downs.”
Keeneland’s 80th September Yearling Sale began Monday with robust trade that produced healthy results and the sale of eight horses for $1 million or more headlined by an Into Mischief filly sold for $2.3 million to Shadwell Racing and an Uncle Mo colt for $2 million, purchased by Donato Lanni, agent for Zedan Racing.
Winchell Thoroughbreds' Aspenite broke his maiden Sunday when he won the $500,000 Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile by 3 1/4 lengths.