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Lone Star Park Racetrack

Lone Star Park, which is located in Grand Prairie, Texas, about 12 miles west of Dallas, is one of the newest horse racing facilities in the United States, having opened for live thoroughbred and quarter horse racing in 1997.

In October, 2004 Lone Star Park hosted the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships drawing a crowd of 53,717. The Thoroughbred season at Lone Star Park generally commences each year in early April and continues through mid-July.

The American Quarter Horse season generally commences each year in early October and continues through November.

History

Lone Star Park opened in 1997. The track offers separate meets for Thoroughbred racing and Quarter Horse racing. In October of 2002, Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC), based in Aurora, Ontario, leased the facility and acquired the operations. In 2004, it was the site of the Breeders' Cup. The seating capacity was temporarily increased for the Breeders' Cup to 50,000 people. However, the track has been cutting purses to save money before and after the Breeders' Cup and long time track announcer Michael Wrona left the track after the Breeders' Cup over salary issues. Lone Star Park's premier event of the Thoroughbred meeting is Lone Star Million Day, held each Memorial Day with seven stakes races worth just over $1 million.