Lone Star Park
Location | Grand Prairie, Texas |
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Owned by | Global Gaming Solutions, LLC |
Date opened | 1997 |
Race type | Thoroughbred 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[edit]
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[edit]
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]
Personalities[edit]
- Dave Appleton, paddock host (1997–present)
- Rick Lee, track Handicapper (1998–present)
- Jim Byers, track announcer (2016–present)
Production staff[edit]
- John Marsh, video production manager
Racing[edit]
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[edit]
Thoroughbred races: Grade III
- Steve Sexton Mile Stakes – $400,000 guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 1 mile
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 events
- 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
- 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
References[edit]
- ^ "Lone Star Park". Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "www.lonestarpark.com TB". Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "www.lonestarpark.com QH". Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "www.diaraces.com". Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- "Lone Star Park". MEC Tracks. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
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