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Posted on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Ellis Park owner Ron Geary said he will close the racetrack, where summer thoroughbred horse racing was to begin Friday, citing a court ruling in a dispute with horsemen. Ron Geary has no plans to reopen Ellis Park, which was built in 1922, as a racetrack in western Kentucky.
Ron Geary told The Courier-Journal in Louisville that he decided to close the track after a federal judge turned down his request for an injunction against Kentucky horsemen. The injunction would have allowed Geary to offer Ellis Park races to national account wagering outlets that take bets by phone and online.
“I don’t have any plans on opening it again as a racetrack,” Ellis Park owner Ron Geary said Wednesday. “That’s for sure.”
A formal announcement was expected later Thursday.
The closure means Kentucky horsemen will have no place to race in the state for much of the summer as Churchill Downs‘ spring-summer meet ends Sunday. The closest alternative is River Downs in Cincinnati.
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