Proposed KY Horse Racing Track Update

Posted by Jennifer Karlen on Sunday, February 8th, 2009 at 9:09pm.

kentucky-horse-racing_110As I’m certain many of you are aware, there is a proposed KY horse racing track to go in London Kentucky - filling the last license available for horse racing in Kentucky.  The original purpose and scope for the new facility was to promote a quarter horse racetrack.

However, that proposal appears to be slowing down in its momentum.  3 of the application’s partners have withdrawn and now the last license may be up for grabs again.  The 3 persons that withdrew from the process with the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority are as follows:

Randall Hubbard

Dr. Edward Allred

Paul Blanchard

And they were working together in an organization known as Sprint Racing Partners.

(To provide some background, those 3 individuals, and another person named Bruce Rimbo had previously formed Zia Partners which constructed Zia Park horse racetrack in New Mexico in 2004.  The horse racetrack was then sold to Penn National Gambling for $200 million.)

The persons remaining in the Sprint Racing Partners are:

Bruce Rimbo - one of the members in Zia Partners

Johnnie T. L. Jones, Jr., attorney - founder of Walmac

Brent Rice - developer

Chris Sullivan - Outback Steakhouse founder

At the present time, no new investors are currently step forward to replace the ones that had previously been listed on the horse racing application.

So, this begs the question that if this deal isn’t going to come together - that there may be an opportunity for others that would be interested in pursuing such a venture to step in and acquire the last of the 9 horse racing licenses for Kentucky.

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2 Responses to "Proposed KY Horse Racing Track Update"

Jeanette Bowman wrote: As of today, has there been anymore info on this racetrack being a go? I live on woods creek lake about 7 miles from where the track is suppose to be. I think its a super idea that will bring more jobs and money to this lil town especially since this area is so far away from anything like this. I do believe it will definitely pay off! Im ready to sign up for a job! Sorry I was a Sales rep guess still in my blood. I actually do have a family member that deals with a product that you mix into whatever you choose to use on your track that will help stablize and protect the horses legs.
Thanks for your time
Jeanette Bowman

Posted on Thursday, March 19th, 2009 at 12:19pm.

Super Admin wrote: Hello Jeanette,

At present, we are not aware of any new information.

(We report on all equestrian activities as we find out information regarding them.)

As soon as we hear something new, we'll get it posted. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Posted on Thursday, March 19th, 2009 at 8:07pm.