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Hoosier Park is one of the few great things going for Anderson Indiana ever since The factory jobs left. There are a large variety of service jobs available on the Horse Track Side and in the Casino. With the shift to Caesars Entertainment, we hit the ground running and haven't really stopped. Hoosier Park Racing Hoosier Park is located in Anderson, Indiana and was the first racetrack outside Kentucky owned by Churchill Downs since 1939. In 2001, Indiana Downs became the second horse racing track in the state. Live racing will continue at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Saturday (Nov. 7) with a 13-race card. Live racing will then move to a Thursday, Friday, Saturday schedule for the final two weeks of the 2020 live racing meet, which will conclude on Nov. The $300,000 Dan Patch Stakes was established at Hoosier Park in 1994 and has become a tradition that highlights some of the best athletes in the sport of harness racing. The 2017 Breeders Crown, harness racing's annual series of 12 championship events valued at $6 million, was contested at Hoosier Park on October 27 & 28. Hoosier Park opened its doors in 1994 offering world-class horseracing in Anderson, Indiana on a 7/8-mile oval horse track and later constructed a casino at the venue. The casino was inaugurated in June 2008 and covers an area of 172,000 square feet, featuring 2,000 slot machines and electronic tables that range in denomination from.01 to $100.

The Indiana Horse Racing Commission has licensing offices at Indiana Grand (Shelbyville, IN) and Hoosier Park (Anderson, IN). These offices are staffed year round, but public office hours vary by season.

You may apply for or renew your license online! If you have been licensed in Indiana in past years, PLEASE have your license number available. If you don’t know your number, please contact one of the licensing offices to find it. Once your account is set and verified, simply follow the steps for applying online. At the end of the online process you will have the option to pay at that time or pay later. By clicking “submit”, your information will be forwarded to the licensing office, however, license review and processing will only begin once payment has been made. Once the review process has been completed and your license has been issued, we will e-mail you a receipt (if no photo is on file) or we will mail you a receipt and an ID badge utilizing the photo already on file for you.

If you prefer, paper applications are available here or by calling our office to request one be mailed to you. Once you have completed the correct application, office staff will review it to assure that it is complete and ready for review by commission officials.

Indiana requires every licensee be fingerprinted. During a review of your application, officials will determine your fingerprint status and contact you if you need to submit fingerprints. Upon payment (licensing offices accept cash, money orders or major credit cards) of your application, it will be submitted for review and approval. Once your license has been approved and issued, you’re eligible to have a photo taken and a photo ID badge will be created. You may use this badge to access the backside of the racetrack you are racing at.

Please note: The Indiana Horse Racing Commission does NOT offer temporary licenses.

Keep in mind you may enter a horse prior to being licensed; however, an application (using either the online or paper process) must be submitted and approved prior to first post of the day your horse is racing. If your application does not include payment or is incomplete, your application will be put on hold until the necessary information is received. To ensure this doesn’t happen, please be sure to review all sections of the application prior to submission.

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If you have any questions or concerns regarding our licensing process, please let us know. We value your feedback and hope to be able to utilize your input to make your licensing experience as quick and effortless as possible. Please e-mail us at INhorseracing@hrc.in.gov .

Standardbred Qualifying Races: Please note that track rules require all Drivers and Trainers be licensed prior to qualifying your horse. Contact the licensing office to make arrangements to apply prior to your qualifying race if you will not be at the track before your qualifying race. Once the race meet begins, the licensing office will not be open prior to qualifying races. Please reference our public office hours for assistance.

Harrah's Hoosier Park Racing & Casino is a racino including a standardbred racetrack located in Anderson, Indiana, approximately 30 miles northeast of Indianapolis. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment. The facility features live harness racing from April through November, casino gaming, restaurants, a gift shop, and entertainment.

The $300,000 Dan Patch Stakes was established at Hoosier Park in 1994 and has become a tradition that highlights some of the best athletes in the sport of harness racing. The 2017 Breeders Crown, harness racing's annual series of 12 championship events valued at $6 million, was contested at Hoosier Park on October 27 & 28.^[1]

Hoosier Park offers off-track betting (OTB) at three locations in Indiana: Clarksville, Indianapolis, and New Haven. Hoosier Park also offers simulcast wagering year-round.

Hoosier Park has hosted musicians such as The Beach Boys, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Billy Currington.

History[edit]

In 1990, Virgil E. Cook, a prominent local businessman and longtime resident of Anderson, Indiana, donated 110 acres (0.45 km²) of commercial real estate to the city for the sole purpose of developing a pari-mutuel racing facility. In 1992, Churchill Downs Incorporated announced plans to purchase Indiana's only pari-mutuel license from The Anderson Park Group headed by Louis Carlo and open a racetrack on the site of the land donated by Cook. It was the first racetrack outside Kentucky owned by Churchill Downs since 1939. In February 1994 a contract was signed for the construction of Hoosier Park. The construction of the facility cost approximately $13 million. On September 1, 1994, the track finally opened. A crowd of 7,633 came to the grand opening of the standardbred season. The track announces plans to open four off-track betting facilities in Indiana. On October 7, 1995, the first Indiana Derby was run.

Churchill Downs sold Hoosier Park in April 2007 for $8.2 million to Centaur Group.

Legislation was passed shortly after April 2007 to permit slot machines at both tracks, converting them to racinos. Both tracks were legislated to get a 55 percent share of the estimated $325 million the 2,000 slots at each of the state's two tracks were expected to generate annually. This would also increase the purse sizes of the races.

Hoosier Park Casino opened to the public on June 2, 2008.^[2]

In 2001, Indiana Downs became the second horse racing track in the state. Initially located in Fairland, Indiana; it was later annexed into nearby Shelbyville, Indiana.

The Indiana Derby was once held at Hoosier Park but is now held at Indiana Grand Racing & Casino.

In 2018, Caesars Entertainment bought Hoosier Park from Centaur Holdings, along with Indiana Grand.^[3] The company stated that it might rebrand the property as Harrah's Hoosier Park.^[4]

Physical attributes[edit]

The track is a seven-eighths of a mile dirt oval. There is no turf course.

Racing[edit]

Stakes races at Hoosier Park include:

• The Dan Patch Stakes
• The Nadia Lobell
• Kentuckiana Stallion Management
• Centaur Trotting Classic
• The Hoosier Park Pacing Derby
• The Elevation
• The Jenna's Beachboy
• The Moni Maker
• The Circle City
• The Madison County
• The Pegasus
• The Monument Circle
• The Carl Erskine
• The USS Indianapolis Mem.
• The Crossroads of America

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^AP 5:10 p.m. EDT October 29, 2014 (2014-10-29). 'Breeders Crown sites announced through 2017'. Usatoday.com. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
2. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-09-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. ^'Caesars' purchase of two Indiana racinos finalized'. The Times of Northwest Indiana. July 17, 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
4. ^Lindsey Erdody (July 6, 2018). 'Caesars steps into unfamiliar role in Indiana: horse track operator'. Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved 2018-07-17.

External links[edit]

Hoosier Park Racing & Casino Anderson Indiana

Hoosier Park Racing & Casino Anderson Indiana