Turfway Park Iciness Horse Racing Opens Thursday
FLORENCE, Ky., Nov. 28, 2011 – Are living Thoroughbred racing returns to Turfway Park this Thursday, Dec. 1, the beginning of the Vacation Meet and the start of the monitor’s iciness racing season.
Highlighting the Vacation Meet are 5 $50,000 stakes:
- Vacation Inaugural, 6 furlongs for fillies and mares 3 years outdated and up, Dec. 3
- My Charmer, 1 1/16 miles for fillies and mares 3 years outdated and up, Dec. 10
- Prairie Bayou, 1 1/8 miles for 3-year-olds and up, Dec. 17
- Gowell, 6 furlongs for 2-year-old fillies, Dec. 23
- Vacation Cheer, 6 furlongs for 3-year-olds and up, Dec. 31
The Vacation Inaugural Stakes closed remaining Thursday with 42 nominations. Nominations for the My Charmer Stakes will shut this Thursday, Dec. 1.
Are living racing runs Thursday thru Sunday each and every week with two exceptions. Turfway is closed Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 24 and 25, after which can be open each day the next week for its conventional vacation time table, together with Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 26-28.
Turfway Park are living horse racing making a bet odds, video, effects & replays at Off Monitor Having a bet on-line racebook.
Publish time is 5:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and 1:10 p.m. on Sunday, once more with vacation exceptions: publish time from Monday, Dec. 26, thru Friday, Dec. 30, can be 1:10 p.m. Publish time stays at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31, when Turfway hosts its 2d annual New Yr’s Eve Monitor Bash.
The New Yr’s Eve Monitor Bash options are living horse racing, 3 choices for hardy partiers from unfastened admission to reserved seating, and are living track by means of vintage rockers Doghouse at the Willis Tune Level. Beer and drink specials can be to be had, together with champagne toasts. Reservations at the 3rd ground for $100 come with a desk for 6, birthday party favors, and a champagne toast. Reservations within the Most sensible of the Park and Homestretch eating rooms priced at $75 in keeping with individual come with a deluxe buffet, beer, wine and blended beverages, birthday party favors, and a champagne toast. Reservations are to be had by means of calling (859) 371-0200 or by the use of the Turfway site, www.turfway.com.
Turfway’s well-liked Buck Friday occasions go back as neatly, with buck draft beer and scorching canines and are living track from Your Villain My Hero (Dec. 2); Tip Jar & the Bar Stars (Dec. 9); My Sister Sarah (Dec. 16); and Bare Karate Ladies (Dec. 23). Are living track isn’t scheduled for Dec. 30 because of the vacation time table 1:10 p.m. publish.
Are living track on Buck Friday has won a brand new sponsor in Willis Tune Corporate, a complete provider track undertaking with seven places throughout Lexington, Louisville, and the Higher Cincinnati house. Willis Tune provides a complete line of band and orchestra tools, keyboards, recording apparatus, skilled sound apparatus, and instruction.
Different weekend specials come with a $19.95 buffet within the Homestretch each and every Friday – a lower-priced lunch buffet can be introduced Dec. 30 – and each and every Saturday, except New Yr’s Eve. Additionally on Saturdays, with the exception of New Yr’s Eve, Chef Peter Haubi’s Most sensible of the Park upscale buffet can be to be had for $26.95. Night buffets are open from 5:30 to eight:30 p.m. Reservations are beneficial.
On Dec. 4, Turfway will host a qualifying contest for the DRF/NTRA Nationwide Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas subsequent January. The highest 3 finishers in Turfway’s contest will earn a commute to the nationwide match, the place they’re going to compete for $2 million in money prizes. The qualifier access rate is $150; of that quantity, $48 is a are living bankroll that avid gamers use to make win and position wagers on races from designated tracks. Handicappers are inspired to sign in upfront by means of calling (859) 647-4843 or visiting www.turfway.com. Stroll-up registrations paid by means of money or take a look at best are authorised if seats stay. Registration starts at 11 a.m.
For the 3rd instantly yr, Turfway will host individuals of the U.S. Marine Corps and WUBE-FM DJs Chris Carr & Corporate, who will arrange Camp Carr for Children to gather new, unwrapped toys for Toys for Children. The WUBE staff and the Marines can be on-site across the clock from 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 8 thru midday on Dec. 10. Chris Carr & Corporate, the WUBE morning display, will broadcast are living from Turfway throughout the development.
The iciness horse racing season runs with out interruption thru April 1 however for recordkeeping functions the duration is split into two meets: the Vacation Meet, which ends up Dec. 31, and the Iciness/Spring Meet, which starts Jan. 1.
