Bart Rice

Officials at Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie have announced that daily average overnight purses for their 2020 racing season will reach $200,000, up a whopping 43% from the $140,000 in 2019. "This boost in overnight purses has energized Lone Star Park in a way that we haven't experienced in a lot of years," said Bart Lang, Director of Racing. "This is a very exciting time for the Grand Prairie, Texas racetrack." The purse increase is due to funds collected and distributed by the passage last year of Texas House...