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Turfway Park Race Track is a horse race track located in Florence, Kentucky.

Turfway Park Race Track holds three meets each year: the Winter/Spring Meet from January 1 through early April; the Fall Meet in September-October; and the Holiday Meet in November-December.

Turfway Park Race Track is the host of the Kentucky Cup Day of Champions, which is a preparatory race for the Breeders' Cup series. This card includes four graded stakes, including the Grade II Kentucky Cup Classic.

Turfway Park Race Track also holds the following stakes races during its Fall or Spring race meeting:

• Weekend Delight Stakes
• Kentucky Cup Juvenile Fillies
• Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes (GIII)
• Kentucky Cup Sprint (GIII)
• Kentucky Cup Distaff Stakes (GIII)
• Marfa Stakes
• Turfway Park Fall Championship (GIII)
• Holiday Inaugural Stakes

Turfway Park Race Track was the very race track in the United States to install the Polytrack racing surface. The Polytrack is known for its consistency and is very friendly to horses' joints.

Turfway Park Race Track Description

• Turfway Park Race Track boasts of a one mile Polytrack oval.
• The grandstand at Turfway Park Race Track is an all-enclosed facility.
• Turfway Park Race Track also contains stabling facilities for many horses.

Turfway Park Race Track History

• In 1959, the race track opened under the name Latonia Race Course.

• In 1987, the race track's name was changed by then-owner Jerry Carroll to Turfway Park.

• In 1999, Carroll sold Turfway Park Race Track to lottery equipment manufacturer GTECH, gaming conglomerate Harrah's Entertainment, and Keeneland Association.

• In 2005, GTECH sold its interests to the other partners, leaving Keeneland and Harrah's with 50-50 interests.

• In the same year, Turfway Park Race Track became the first American track to install the new Polytrack synthetic racing surface.