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Live Harness Racing, Paducah, KY

Players Bluegrass Downs is a horse track in Paducah, Kentucky featuring harness and quarter horse racing. It opened in 1998 with a grand stand capacity of 2,950. The track is is simulcasting horse racing events. Enjoy simulcast thoroughbred & harness racing and inter-track wagering from Kentucky tracks and major racing centers around the United States. Simulcasting year round. Featuring harness and quarter horse racing.

As the state agency responsible for regulating horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing within the Commonwealth, the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority, formerly the state racing commission, remains well aware of horse racing's importance to the Commonwealth's image and its economy. The most popular and famous horse race In the world, the Kentucky Derby, continues to bring unsurpassed international attention and gambling revenue to the Commonwealth on the first Saturday in May. As prestigious as the Derby is, however, the Commonwealth also is home to such important thoroughbred races as the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, and the Lane's End Stakes at Turfway Park. In harness racing, the Kentucky Futurity at the Red Mile continues to be the final jewel in trotting's Triple Crown. Additionally, the annual horse sales conducted by Keeneland, Fasig-Tlpton, and Tattersalls continues to insure that "bred in Kentucky" is the benchmark for quality and class. Every time a horse Is sold in Kentucky, dreams are bom. For upcoming events and details info visit Kentucky Horse Racing Commission website.

Location, directions and contact:
From 1-24 East: Take Exit 4 - (Hwy 60) - Turn left. Continue approximately 2 miles, on left.
Bluegrass Downs Live Harness Racing
32nd & Park Ave. (U.S. 60W).
150 Downs Dr., Paducah, KY 42001.
Phone: 270/444-7117

Helpful Links:
http://horseracingkentucky.com


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