Lone Star Park

Lone Star Park

Horses starting out of the gate at Lone Star Park
Location	Grand Prairie, Texas
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[]

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[]

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]

A panoramic photo of Lone Star Park.

Personalities[]

• , paddock host (1997–present)
• , track Handicapper (1998–present)
• , track announcer (2016–present)

Production staff[]

• John Marsh, video production manager

Racing[]

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[]

Thoroughbred races: Grade III

• Steve Sexton Mile Stakes – $300,000 guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 1 mile

Quarter horse:

Grade I

• – $1,000,000 estimated – 2 yo | 400 yards
• – $400,000 estimated – 3 yo | 440 yards
• – $75,000-Guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 440 yards

Grade II

• – $450,000 estimated – 2 yo | 400 yards

Grade III

• – $175,000 estimated – 3 yo | 440 yards
• Restricted Texas-Bred – $25,000 guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 400 yards

Paint and Appaloosa:

Grade I

• – $100,000 estimated – 2 yo | 400 yards

Other events

• – Restricted Texas-Bred – $50,000 guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 1 mile
• – Restricted Texas-Bred – $50,000 guaranteed – 3 yo & up | 6+1⁄2 furlongs
• – Restricted Texas-Bred – $50,000 guaranteed – fillies & mares, 3 yo & up | 6+1⁄2 furlongs
• Texas Stallion Stakes (Got Koko Division) – $65,000 guaranteed – fillies, 3 yo | 1 mile
• Texas Stallion Stakes (Stymie Division) – $65,000 guaranteed – colts & geldings, 3 yo | 1 mile
• Nevill Stakes – Restricted Texas-Bred – $20,000 estimated – 3 yo & up | 350 yards

Exterior of Lone Star Park

• 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[]

• "Lone Star Park". MEC Tracks. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
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