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Lone Star Park

Coordinates: 32°46′25″N 96°59′11″W / 32.77361°N 96.98639°W / 32.77361; -96.98639
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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 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. 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

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.

Physical attributes

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.

A panoramic photo of Lone Star Park.

Personalites

Racing

The following stakes races are to be run at Lone Star Park in 2014:


Graded Thoroughbred Stakes Races

$200,000 purse, 1 mile, Three Year Olds and Up

$200,000 purse, 1 1/16 miles, Three Year Olds and Up


Ungraded Thoroughbred Stakes Races:

  • Premier Stakes, Thursday, April 10, 2014

$50,000 purse, 6 1/2 furlong,Texas-bred Three Year Olds and Up

  • 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

  • Texas Stallion Stakes, Saturday, May 10, 2014

$75,000 purse, 1 mile, Fillies, Three Years Old

  • Texas Stallion Stakes, Saturday, May 10, 2014

$75,000 purse, 1 mile, Colts and Geldings, Three Years Old

  • Lane's End Stallion Scholarship Stakes, Saturday, June 14, 2014

$50,000 purse, 7 1/2 furlong Turf, Texas-bred Fillies and Mares, Three Year Old and Up

  • TTA Sales Futurity, Saturday, July 12, 2014

$100,000 purse, 5 furlong, Fillies, Two Year Old

  • TTA Sales Futurity, Saturday, July 12, 2014

$100,000 purse, 5 furlong, Colts and Geldings, Two Year Old

  • Assault Stakes, Saturday, July 12, 2014

$50,000 purse, 1 mile, Texas-bred, Three Year Old and Up

  • Valor Farm Stakes, Saturday, July 12, 2014

$50,000 purse, 6 furlong, Texas-bred Fillies and Mares, Three Year Old and Up

References

  • "Lone Star Park". MEC Tracks. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
  • Map: 32°46′25″N 96°59′11″W / 32.77361°N 96.98639°W / 32.77361; -96.98639
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