holiday meet

After two years of rebuilding, Turfway Park will welcome back live racing fans Wednesday, Nov. 30 with first post time scheduled for 6:15p.m. The 19-day Holiday Meet covers a five-week stretch with live racing Wednesday to Saturday through Saturday, Dec. 31, with the exception of a switch from Saturday, Dec. 10 to Sunday, Dec. 11 and no racing on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. First post-time is 6:15PM and Saturday's race program will start at 12:45p.m. "We look forward to welcoming back our racing fans, who have made many memories at...

Northern Kentucky's Turfway Park wrapped up a five-week holiday meet Dec. 31 with increases in wagering, average daily handle, and field size. All-sources wagering for the meet was up to $32.3 million, a 34.6% or $8.3-million increase from last year in spite of three fewer race dates. The average daily handle of $2.48 million was up 65.6% from the previous year's number of $1.5 million. In addition, average field size grew slightly from 10.3 starters per race to 10.5. A new Tapeta surface was installed last summer. Jockey Gerardo Corrales...