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Churchill Downs Incorporated Properties
Churchill Downs Incorporated, headquartered in Louisville, Ky., owns and operates world-renowned horse racing venues throughout the United States. The Company's four racetracks in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky and Louisiana host many of North America’s most prestigious races, including the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, Arlington Million, Princess Rooney Handicap and Louisiana Derby. The Company's racetracks have also hosted seven Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships. Churchill Downs Incorporated also owns off-track betting facilities and has interests in various television production, telecommunications and racing services companies that support the Company's network of simulcasting and racing operations.
Arlington Park
Internationally acclaimed as one of racing’s most beautiful settings, Arlington Park hosted its inaugural meet in 1927 and re-opened its doors in 1989 after a devastating fire engulfed the clubhouse four years earlier. Arlington merged with Churchill Downs Incorporated in September 2000 and has the distinction of being the first racetrack in the Churchill Downs family to install a synthetic racing surface. As home to the world’s first million-dollar race, the Arlington Million, Arlington features a 1 1/8-mile main track, a one-mile turf course and a five-furlong training track. Arlington experienced a historic first in 2002 as the suburban Chicago track hosted its first-ever Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships. Arlington Park holds the distinction of being the first Churchill Downs-affiliated racetrack to install a synthetic racing surface. Thoroughbred racing is normally held at Arlington from mid spring into autumn.
Street Address:
Arlington Park
2200 West Euclid Avenue
Arlington Heights, IL 60006
Phone: (847) 385-7500
Web Site: www.arlingtonpark.com
President: Roy A. Arnold
Bloodstock Research Information Systems
Bloodstock Research Information Systems (BRIS) provides Thoroughbred horsemen and horseplayers with a wealth of data, including bloodstock and handicapping information, through its affiliated Web sites, www.brisnet.com and www.tsnhorse.com. Churchill Downs Incorporated acquired the BRIS family of account wagering and data services businesses in June 2007 in conjunction with the acquisition of the AmericaTAB account-wagering franchise. The Company consolidated the BRIS and AmericaTAB account-wagering platforms under the TwinSpires.com brand in November 2007. Churchill Downs Incorporated continues to provide franchisee services to a number of account-wagering platforms based at racetracks not owned by Churchill Downs Incorporated. BRIS has offices in Lexington, Ky.
Calder Race Course
Calder Race Course in Miami has grown to become a foundation for the Thoroughbred racing industry in South Florida. The track, which opened in 1971 and was acquired by Churchill Downs Incorporated in April of 1999, is located adjacent to Dolphins Stadium, the home of the National Football League’s Miami Dolphins and Major League Baseball’s Florida Marlins. The track annually conducts eight months of live racing, with the Calder Meet that runs from late April through late October and the Tropical Park at Calder Meet that runs from late October to early January. Highlights of Calder’s live racing season include the “Festival of the Sun,” “Summit of Speed” and the “Florida Million.”
Street Address:
Calder Race Course
21001 NW 27th Avenue
Miami, FL 33056
Phone: (305) 625-1311
Web Site: www.calderracecourse.com
President: C. Kenneth Dunn
Churchill Downs
Known as the home of the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Ky., occupies 147 acres and features a one-mile dirt oval and a seven-furlong turf course. The racetrack conducts Thoroughbred racing during a Spring Meet and Fall Meet. Thoroughbred racing and the Kentucky Derby have been run continuously at Churchill Downs since 1875. Churchill Downs has also hosted six Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships, more than any other racetrack. In the spring of 2005, Churchill Downs completed a massive $121 million renovation project to modernize its venerable grandstand and clubhouse. The modernization increased the permanent seating capacity to nearly 52,000, added 77 luxury suites, as well as integrated simulcast areas and other new premium venues to the world’s most legendary racetrack.
Street Address:
Churchill Downs (racetrack and corporate offices)
700 Central Avenue
Louisville, KY 40208
Phone: (502) 636-4400
Web site: www.churchilldowns.com
President: Steve Sexton
Churchill Downs Simulcast Productions
Churchill Downs Simulcast Productions (CDSP) provides television/simulcast production services to Churchill Downs Incorporated-owned and/or operated racetracks, as well as to a number of outside racetracks, including the famed Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in San Diego, Calif. CDSP was formed in January 2004 when Churchill Downs purchased the minority interest in Charleson Broadcast Technologies LLC. Churchill Downs held a majority interest in the company since its creation in January 1999.
Street Address:
700 Central Avenue
Louisville, KY 40208
Phone: (502) 636-4400
General Manager: David Loignon
Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots
Formally established in 1872, Fair Grounds is the third-oldest racetrack in North America and joined the Churchill Downs Incorporated stable in October 2004. Live racing at the historic New Orleans venue was conducted as early as 1852 when pre-Civil War Louisiana was considered the Southern center of competitive Thoroughbred racing. Like its sister track, Arlington Park in Chicago, Fair Grounds was also destroyed by a devastating fire. The blaze on Dec. 17, 1993, leveled the old grandstand. Over a four-year period, the track’s management rebuilt the facility while conducting live race meets from tents, and on Nov. 22, 1997, reopened with a new 217,000-square foot grandstand/clubhouse facility and adjacent simulcast-wagering facility. In August 2005, Fair Grounds and its affiliated off-track betting and video poker facilities were temporarily closed by Hurricane Katrina and the storm’s aftermath. Fair Grounds reopened for live racing in November 2006, following months of repairs and in the fall of 2007 opened a temporary slot machine gaming facility adjacent to the track grandstand. Fair Grounds is constructing a permanent slot machine gaming facility at the track location that is scheduled to open in the fall of 2008. Located only minutes from the famed French Quarter, Fair Grounds is situated on 145 acres and features a one-mile dirt course and seven-furlong turf course. Fair Grounds annually offers a series of exciting Kentucky Derby prep races for 3-year-olds, which culminate in the Grade II Louisiana Derby. Fair Grounds conducts a Fall-Winter Meet that traditionally runs from Thanksgiving Day in November through late March.
Street Address:
Fair Grounds Race Course
1751 Gentilly Boulevard
New Orleans, LA 70152
Phone: (504) 944-5515
Web Site: www.fairgroundsracecourse.com
President and General Manager: Randall Soth
Finish Line Off-Track Betting
Churchill Downs acquired Finish Line Off-Track Betting (OTB) locations as part of its October 2004 purchase of Fair Grounds and related assets. Fair Grounds operates the Finish Line OTB network, which is located throughout the Greater New Orleans area in the Boutte-Luling, Covington, Elmwood, Gretna, Houma, Kenner, LaPlace, Metairie and Thibodaux communities. Simulcast wagering is offered at all locations; video poker is offered at all locations except Covington.
Horse Racing TV™ (HRTV)
HRTV is a 24-hour television network that is currently available in more than 13 million U.S. homes. The award-winning network, owned jointly by Churchill Downs Incorporated and Magna Entertainment Corp., provides up to 15 hours per day of wire-to-wire coverage of live horse racing action from more than 70 Thoroughbred, harness and Quarter Horse racetracks in the United States, Canada and Australia. HRTV also provides live coverage from the sites of major horse racing events, including the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Breeders’ Cup World Championships. HRTV is available on the Dish Network, and in selected markets via eight major video providers (AT&T, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Insight, RCN, Time Warner and Verizon), as well as through dozens of independent cable operators across the country.
HRTV also supplies programming content for Racing World, subscription television channel that broadcasts races from Churchill Downs Incorporated and Magna Entertainment racetracks, as well as other North American and international racetracks, into the United Kingdom and Ireland. Racing World is a joint venture between Churchill Downs Incorporated, Magna Entertainment and Racing U.K.
Kentucky Downs
As the former Dueling Grounds Race Course, Kentucky Downs offers a short annual race meet and year-round simulcast wagering. The track is located near the Kentucky and Tennessee border, about 40 miles from Nashville. A distinctive feature of the facility is that all of its racing is conducted on a European-style, 1 5/16-mile turf course. Churchill Downs Incorporated has held a minority interest in Kentucky Downs since 1997.
Mailing Address:
Kentucky Downs
P.O. Box 405
Franklin, KY 42134
Phone: (270) 586-7778
Web site: www.kentuckydowns.com
General Manager: Ryan Driscoll
Kentucky Off-Track Betting Inc.
An alliance of Churchill Downs and Kentucky’s other Thoroughbred racetracks, Kentucky Off-Track Betting Inc. operates off-track betting facilities in the Kentucky cities of Maysville, Jamestown, Pineville and Corbin. Churchill Downs Incorporated holds a 25-percent interest in Kentucky Off-Track Betting Inc.
NASRIN Services LLC
NASRIN Services LLC provides telecommunications consulting, network management and long-distance services related to simulcasting. The company also provides frame relay capabilities. Frame relay is a high-speed, cost-effective medium through which large volumes of tote wagering data can be transformed. NASRIN Services was formed in March 1999 when Churchill Downs merged Tracknet with NASRIN. Churchill Downs owns 30 percent of NASRIN Services, while Roberts Communications Network LLC owns 70 percent. Roberts Communications Network manages the company on a day-to-day basis.
TrackNet Media Group LLC
TrackNet Media Group LLC is a venture of North America’s premier horse racing and entertainment companies, Churchill Downs Incorporated and Magna Entertainment Corp., which each holds a 50-percent interest in the company. TrackNet Media sells horse racing content from its stable of racetracks to a variety of domestic and international wagering outlets, including racetracks, casinos, off-track wagering facilities, and advance deposit wagering companies. TrackNet Media also purchases horse racing content from other content producers for distribution to its member racetracks and to advance deposit wagering platforms, including XpressBet Inc. and TwinSpires. TrackNet Media employs the highest standards of wagering security and integrity when licensing horse racing content to third parties to reduce the chances of signal piracy and ensure content producers receive the compensation they are due. TrackNet Media is headquartered in Louisville, Ky., and also has offices in Arcadia, Calif.
Trackside Off-Track Betting
There are 12 Trackside Off-Track Betting (OTB) facilities to provide fans with great racing from the six racetracks that make up the Churchill Downs Simulcast Network as well as a full menu of racing from tracks across the nation. Illinois offers 11 off-track, simulcast-wagering facilities – Trackside Arlington Park (Arlington Heights), Trackside Chicago, Trackside Quad City Downs (East Moline), Trackside Rockford, Trackside Waukegan, Fat Sam’s Bar & Grill featuring Trackside OTB in Lockport, Lucky’s featuring Trackside OTB in South Elgin, Nicolino’s featuring Trackside OTB in McHenry and The Inferno featuring Trackside OTB in South Beloit, Rookie's Sports Pub featuring Trackside OTB in Lockport, and Salernon-Pincente Ristorante featuring Trackside OTB in Hodgkins. Kentucky offers Trackside Louisville, located approximately five miles from Churchill Downs, which primarily serves as a training facility but is also used for simulcast wagering on major race days as needed. In addition to great racing from the premier racetracks in the United States, Trackside sites also offer fans a great atmosphere for viewing sports and enjoying a day of total racing excitement.
TwinSpires.com
TwinSpires.com (www.twinspires.com) is the official advance-deposit wagering service for Churchill Downs Incorporated and its family of racetracks, as well for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks. TwinSpires.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Churchill Downs Incorporated and offers wagering on races from the country’s most popular racetracks. TwinSpires.com is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and operates a wagering hub in Oregon.
