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{{Short description|Horse racing track in Texas, U.S.}}
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'''Lone Star Park''' is one of the premier entertainment destinations in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. Lone Star Park is a [[horse racing]] track and entertainment destination located 1/2 mile North of Interstate 30 on Belt Line Road in [[Grand Prairie, Texas|Grand Prairie]], [[Texas]]. Lone Star Park has two live racing seasons every year, The Spring Thoroughbred Season generally runs from early April through mid-July and the Fall Meeting of Champions generally runs from early September through mid-November.
'''Lone Star Park''' is a [[horse racing]] track and entertainment destination located {{frac|1|2}} mile north of Interstate 30 on Belt Line Road in [[Grand Prairie, Texas|Grand Prairie]], [[Texas]]. Lone Star Park has two live racing seasons every year; the spring Thoroughbred season generally runs from early April through mid-July, and the Fall Meeting of Champions generally runs from early September through mid-November.

'''Bar & Book''' at Lone Star Park, a Las Vegas style racebook, is open 363 days a year (closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day) for simulcast wagering from tracks around the world. One of the best simulcast facilities in the nation, Bar & Book also offers customers great food from their restaurant as well as happy hour drink specials on weekdays. Admission and parking at Bar & Book are always free. There are over 40 HDTVs in the Sports Bar that show racing and all the best sports including boxing and [[UFC]] pay-per-views. Both smoking and non-smoking seating areas are available.


==History==
==History==

Lone Star Park opened for its first live race meet in 1997. Historically separate meets have been run for [[Thoroughbred]] and [[Quarter Horse]]. In 2004, Lone Star Park was the host site for the [[Breeders' Cup]] World Championships. Lone Star Park was acquired by [[Global Gaming Solutions]], a division of the [[Chickasaw Nation]] in May 2011.
In 1992 Grand Prairie voters approved a half-cent sales tax to assist in financial bonds to build a racetrack. Shortly thereafter, the city created a sports authority (the Grand Prairie Sports Facilities Development Corp.), which would own the track and lease it to a track operator.


==Physical attributes==
==Physical attributes==
Lone Star Park covers {{convert|315|acre|km2}}, and includes Bar & Book for simulcasting of racing worldwide. The track has a one-mile (1.6 km) dirt oval and a seven-[[furlong]] [[grass|turf]] track, and has accommodations for 1,600 horses across 32 barns. The climate-controlled grandstand has a seating capacity of roughly 8,000 people.
Lone Star Park covers {{convert|315|acre|km2}}, and includes Bar & Book for simulcasting of racing worldwide. The track has a one-mile (1.6&nbsp;km) dirt oval and a seven-[[furlong]] [[grass|turf]] track, and has accommodations for 1,600 horses across 32 barns. The climate-controlled grandstand has a seating capacity of roughly 8,000 people.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lone Star Park|url=http://www.lonestarpark.com/About/Facility/|accessdate=1 June 2017}}</ref>
{{wide image|Lone-Star-Park-Panoramic.jpg|1000px|A panoramic photo of Lone Star Park.}}
{{wide image|Lone-Star-Park-Panoramic.jpg|1000px|A panoramic photo of Lone Star Park.}}


==Personalites==
==Personalities==
*[[Dave Appleton]], Paddock Host (1997–present)
*Dave Appleton, paddock host (1997–present)
*[[Rick Lee (horse racing)|Rick Lee]], Track Handicapper (1997–present)
*Rick Lee, track Handicapper (1998–present)
*Jim Byers, track announcer (2016–present)
*[[Jon Lies]], Track Announcer (2005–present)
*"Railbird" Rodney Nelson, Handicapper/Paddock Host (2018-present)


==Production staff==
==Racing==
*John Marsh, video production manager
The following stakes races are to be run at Lone Star Park in 2014:


== Racing ==


Due to the popularity of many different horse breeds in the state of Texas, half of the races are set up for more than just thoroughbreds.<ref>{{cite web|title=www.lonestarpark.com TB|url=http://www.lonestarpark.com/Horsemen/ThoroughbredStakesNominations/|accessdate=1 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=www.lonestarpark.com QH|url=http://www.lonestarpark.com/Horsemen/QHStakesNominations/|accessdate=1 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=www.diaraces.com|url=http://www.diaraces.com/diar---usa|accessdate=1 June 2017}}</ref>
'''Graded Thoroughbred Stakes Races'''


===Graded events===
* '''Grade 3''' [[Lone Star Park Handicap]], Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2014
'''Thoroughbred races''':
$200,000 purse, 1 mile, Three Year Olds and Up
* '''Grade 3''' [[Texas Mile]], Saturday, April 26, 2014
'''Grade III'''
*[[Steve Sexton Mile Stakes]] – $400,000 guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 1 mile
$200,000 purse, 1 1/16 miles, Three Year Olds and Up


'''Quarter horse''':


'''Grade I'''
*Texas Classic Futurity – $1,000,000 estimated – 2 yo | 400 yards
*Texas Classic Derby – $400,000 estimated – 3 yo | 440 yards
*Refrigerator Handicap – $75,000-Guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 440 yards
'''Grade II'''
*Dash For Cash Futurity – $450,000 estimated – 2 yo | 400 yards
'''Grade III'''
*Dash For Cash Derby – $175,000 estimated – 3 yo | 440 yards
*B. F. Phillips Jr. Stakes Restricted Texas-Bred – $25,000 guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 400 yards


'''Paint and Appaloosa''':
'''Ungraded Thoroughbred Stakes Races:'''

* Premier Stakes, Thursday, April 10, 2014
'''Grade I'''
$50,000 purse, 6 1/2 [[furlong]],Texas-bred Three Year Olds and Up
*Speedhorse Lone Star Paint and Appaloosa Futurity – $100,000 estimated – 2 yo | 400 yards
* Wayne Hanks Memorial Stakes, Saturday, April 12, 2014

$50,000 purse, 6 1/2 [[furlong]], Texas-bred Fillies and Mares Three Year Old and Up
'''Other Stakes Races'''
* Texas Stallion Stakes, Saturday, May 10, 2014

$75,000 purse, 1 mile, Fillies, Three Years Old
'''Thoroughbred'''
* Texas Stallion Stakes, Saturday, May 10, 2014

$75,000 purse, 1 mile, Colts and Geldings, Three Years Old
*Texas Derby - $300,000 guaranteed - 3 yo - | 1 1/16 miles
* Lane's End Stallion Scholarship Stakes, Saturday, June 14, 2014
*Ouja Board Distaff - $200,000 guaranteed - F&M 3 yo & up - | 1 mile Turf
$50,000 purse, 7 1/2 [[furlong]] Turf, Texas-bred Fillies and Mares, Three Year Old and Up
*Chamberlain Bridge Stakes - $100,000 guaranteed - 3 yo & up - | 5 Furlongs Turf
* TTA Sales Futurity, Saturday, July 12, 2014
*Memorial Day Sprint - $100,000 guaranteed - F&M 3 yo & up - | 6 Furlongs
$100,000 purse, 5 [[furlong]], Fillies, Two Year Old
*Speightstown Sprint - )100,000 guaranteed - 3 yo & up - | 6 Furlongs
* TTA Sales Futurity, Saturday, July 12, 2014
*Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Stakes TX-Bred, 3 YO & Up One Mile & One-Sixteenth (Turf) $75,000 Added
$100,000 purse, 5 [[furlong]], Colts and Geldings, Two Year Old
*Texas Turf Classic 3 YO & Up One Mile & One-Eighth (Turf) $300,000 Guaranteed
* Assault Stakes, Saturday, July 12, 2014
*Wasted Tears Stakes Fillies & Mares, 3 YO & Up One Mile & One-Sixteenth (Turf) $150,000 Guaranteed
$50,000 purse, 1 mile, Texas-bred, Three Year Old and Up
*Grand Prairie Turf Sprint 3 YO & Up Five Furlongs (Turf) $150,000 Guaranteed
* Valor Farm Stakes, Saturday, July 12, 2014
*Chicken Fried Stakes Fillies & Mares, 3 YO & Up Five Furlongs (Turf) $150,000 Guaranteed
$50,000 purse, 6 [[furlong]], Texas-bred Fillies and Mares, Three Year Old and Up
*Assault Stakes – Restricted Texas-Bred – $75,000 guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 1 mile
*Bluebonnet Stakes – Restricted Texas-Bred – $75,000 guaranteed – 3 yo & up | {{frac|6|1|2}} furlongs
*Wayne Hanks Memorial Stakes – Restricted Texas-Bred – $75,000 guaranteed – fillies & mares, 3 yo & up | {{frac|6|1|2}} furlongs
*Nevill Stakes – Restricted Texas-Bred – $20,000 estimated – 3 yo & up | 350 yards
*Danny Shifflett Scholarship Stakes TX-Bred, Fillies & Mares, 3 YO & Up Seven & One-Half Furlongs (Turf) $75,000 Added
*Texas Stallion Stakes (Pan Zareta Division) Fillies, 2 YO Five Furlongs $75,000 Added
*Texas Stallion Stakes (Staunch Avenger Division) Colts & Geldings, 2 YO Five Furlongs $75,000 Added
*Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Stakes TX-Bred, 3 YO & Up One Mile & One-Sixteenth (Turf) $75,000 Added
*Valor Farm Stakes TX-Bred, Fillies & Mares, 3 YO & Up Six Furlongs $75,000 Added
*Texas Thoroughbred Association Futurity (Filly Division) Fillies, 2 YO Five & One-Half Furlongs $150,000 Guaranteed
*Texas Thoroughbred Association Futurity (Colt & Gelding Division) Colts & Geldings, 2 YO Five & One-Half Furlongs $150,000 Guaranteed
*Fiesta Mile TX-Bred, Fillies & Mares, 3 YO & Up One Mile (Turf) $75,000 Added
[[File:Lone Star Park.jpg|thumb|Exterior of Lone Star Park]]

*Masterpiece Challenge Paint and Appaloosa Stakes – Listed – $20,000 estimated – 3 yo | 400 yards

'''Arabians''':

*Dubai International Arabian Races Texas Open Stakes – $30,000 guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 1 & 1/16 mile
*Shadwell Arabian Stallions Texas Distaff Stakes – $30,000 guaranteed – fillies & mares, 3 yo & up | 8 furlongs
*www.shadwellarabian.co.uk Texas Lone Star Futurity – $20,000 guaranteed – fillies, 3 yo | 6 furlongs
*DIAR Texas Lone Star Futurity – $20,000 guaranteed – colts & geldings, 3 yo | 6 furlongs

==In popular culture==
*On ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'', the episode "Rainbow's End" (from [[List of Walker, Texas Ranger episodes#Season 6 (1997–98)|Season Five]]) had one of the titular [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Ranger's]] ([[Chuck Norris]]) cases taking place here. The episode centers on Walker, Trivette ([[Clarence Gilyard Jr.]]) and Alex ([[Sheree J. Wilson]]) building a case against a corrupt racehorse owner named James Lee Crown ([[Randolph Mantooth]]) for killing a rival racehorse and its owner and trainer (the latter of whom secretly working for Crown), and protecting the titular racehorse-- who is owned by one of Walker's close friends ([[John Beck (actor)|John Beck]]) and his daughter ([[Lea Moreno]])-- from becoming Crown's next victim.


==References==
==References==
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*{{cite web | title=Lone Star Park | work=MEC Tracks| url=http://www.lonestarpark.com/| accessdate=September 25, 2007 }}
*{{cite web | title=Lone Star Park | work=MEC Tracks| url=http://www.lonestarpark.com/| accessdate=September 25, 2007 }}
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Latest revision as of 06:34, 13 October 2024

Lone Star Park
Horses starting out of the gate at Lone Star Park
LocationGrand Prairie, Texas
Owned byGlobal Gaming Solutions, LLC
Date opened1997
Race typeThoroughbred and Quarter Horse
Official website

Lone Star Park is a horse racing track and entertainment destination located 1⁄2 mile north of Interstate 30 on Belt Line Road in Grand Prairie, Texas. Lone Star Park has two live racing seasons every year; the spring Thoroughbred season generally runs from early April through mid-July, and the Fall Meeting of Champions generally runs from early September through mid-November.

History

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In 1992 Grand Prairie voters approved a half-cent sales tax to assist in financial bonds to build a racetrack. Shortly thereafter, the city created a sports authority (the Grand Prairie Sports Facilities Development Corp.), which would own the track and lease it to a track operator.

Physical attributes

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Lone Star Park covers 315 acres (1.27 km2), and includes Bar & Book for simulcasting of racing worldwide. The track has a one-mile (1.6 km) dirt oval and a seven-furlong turf track, and has accommodations for 1,600 horses across 32 barns. The climate-controlled grandstand has a seating capacity of roughly 8,000 people.[1]

A panoramic photo of Lone Star Park.

Personalities

[edit]
  • Dave Appleton, paddock host (1997–present)
  • Rick Lee, track Handicapper (1998–present)
  • Jim Byers, track announcer (2016–present)
  • "Railbird" Rodney Nelson, Handicapper/Paddock Host (2018-present)

Production staff

[edit]
  • John Marsh, video production manager

Racing

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Due to the popularity of many different horse breeds in the state of Texas, half of the races are set up for more than just thoroughbreds.[2][3][4]

Graded events

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Thoroughbred races: Grade III

Quarter horse:

Grade I

  • Texas Classic Futurity – $1,000,000 estimated – 2 yo | 400 yards
  • Texas Classic Derby – $400,000 estimated – 3 yo | 440 yards
  • Refrigerator Handicap – $75,000-Guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 440 yards

Grade II

  • Dash For Cash Futurity – $450,000 estimated – 2 yo | 400 yards

Grade III

  • Dash For Cash Derby – $175,000 estimated – 3 yo | 440 yards
  • B. F. Phillips Jr. Stakes Restricted Texas-Bred – $25,000 guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 400 yards

Paint and Appaloosa:

Grade I

  • Speedhorse Lone Star Paint and Appaloosa Futurity – $100,000 estimated – 2 yo | 400 yards

Other Stakes Races

Thoroughbred

  • Texas Derby - $300,000 guaranteed - 3 yo - | 1 1/16 miles
  • Ouja Board Distaff - $200,000 guaranteed - F&M 3 yo & up - | 1 mile Turf
  • Chamberlain Bridge Stakes - $100,000 guaranteed - 3 yo & up - | 5 Furlongs Turf
  • Memorial Day Sprint - $100,000 guaranteed - F&M 3 yo & up - | 6 Furlongs
  • Speightstown Sprint - )100,000 guaranteed - 3 yo & up - | 6 Furlongs
  • Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Stakes TX-Bred, 3 YO & Up One Mile & One-Sixteenth (Turf) $75,000 Added
  • Texas Turf Classic 3 YO & Up One Mile & One-Eighth (Turf) $300,000 Guaranteed
  • Wasted Tears Stakes Fillies & Mares, 3 YO & Up One Mile & One-Sixteenth (Turf) $150,000 Guaranteed
  • Grand Prairie Turf Sprint 3 YO & Up Five Furlongs (Turf) $150,000 Guaranteed
  • Chicken Fried Stakes Fillies & Mares, 3 YO & Up Five Furlongs (Turf) $150,000 Guaranteed
  • Assault Stakes – Restricted Texas-Bred – $75,000 guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 1 mile
  • Bluebonnet Stakes – Restricted Texas-Bred – $75,000 guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 6+1⁄2 furlongs
  • Wayne Hanks Memorial Stakes – Restricted Texas-Bred – $75,000 guaranteed – fillies & mares, 3 yo & up | 6+1⁄2 furlongs
  • Nevill Stakes – Restricted Texas-Bred – $20,000 estimated – 3 yo & up | 350 yards
  • Danny Shifflett Scholarship Stakes TX-Bred, Fillies & Mares, 3 YO & Up Seven & One-Half Furlongs (Turf) $75,000 Added
  • Texas Stallion Stakes (Pan Zareta Division) Fillies, 2 YO Five Furlongs $75,000 Added
  • Texas Stallion Stakes (Staunch Avenger Division) Colts & Geldings, 2 YO Five Furlongs $75,000 Added
  • Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Stakes TX-Bred, 3 YO & Up One Mile & One-Sixteenth (Turf) $75,000 Added
  • Valor Farm Stakes TX-Bred, Fillies & Mares, 3 YO & Up Six Furlongs $75,000 Added
  • Texas Thoroughbred Association Futurity (Filly Division) Fillies, 2 YO Five & One-Half Furlongs $150,000 Guaranteed
  • Texas Thoroughbred Association Futurity (Colt & Gelding Division) Colts & Geldings, 2 YO Five & One-Half Furlongs $150,000 Guaranteed
  • Fiesta Mile TX-Bred, Fillies & Mares, 3 YO & Up One Mile (Turf) $75,000 Added
Exterior of Lone Star Park
  • Masterpiece Challenge Paint and Appaloosa Stakes – Listed – $20,000 estimated – 3 yo | 400 yards

Arabians:

  • Dubai International Arabian Races Texas Open Stakes – $30,000 guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 1 & 1/16 mile
  • Shadwell Arabian Stallions Texas Distaff Stakes – $30,000 guaranteed – fillies & mares, 3 yo & up | 8 furlongs
  • www.shadwellarabian.co.uk Texas Lone Star Futurity – $20,000 guaranteed – fillies, 3 yo | 6 furlongs
  • DIAR Texas Lone Star Futurity – $20,000 guaranteed – colts & geldings, 3 yo | 6 furlongs
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References

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  1. ^ "Lone Star Park". Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  2. ^ "www.lonestarpark.com TB". Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  3. ^ "www.lonestarpark.com QH". Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  4. ^ "www.diaraces.com". Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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