October 08, 2018 05:43 PM
One way or another, it looks like Kentucky is about to get another harness track and hundreds more gambling terminals near Fort Campbell.
Kentucky Downs, the grass Thoroughbred track in Franklin, has applied for a license to open a harness track in Oak Grove, the same place where Churchill Downs and Keeneland jointly announced plans in September for a harness track. Oak Grove is located just outside Fort Campbell on the Kentucky-Tennessee border.
And, according to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, casino giant Caesars, which owns Bluegrass Downs harness track in Paducah, also has applied for the state’s ninth license, apparently to build in the same general location.
All of the plans could be on the agenda for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission’s race dates committee, which meets Tuesday at the Kentucky Horse Park, to consider in setting the 2019 racing calendar.
