Stadium Reviews

When you have concluded your tour of the Louisville Slugger Museum, tasted enough bourbon at the Evan Williams Experience, or dined out somewhere in NuLu, head over to Churchill Downs for a nightcap.

If you’re a sports fan, which since you're on this site you no doubt are, you really know how much ticket costs have climbed each year.

To celebrate the birthday of the horse known as Big Red, March 30, 2024 in Ashland, VA was proclaimed as Secretariat Day.

Scioto Downs has pretty good attendance during most race days, especially up in the clubhouse, and you will see a few folks with children.

Each year since 1894, with few breaks in between, the road to the Kentucky Derby has run through New Orleans via the annual Louisiana Derby.

The big draw of course at Dayton Raceway, or most horse tracks for that matters, is the gambling.

The atmosphere at Gulfstream Park is nice – the scenery is great with the lake and the palm trees, with a few high-rises as a backdrop.

The staff at Colonial Downs pull out all the stops even on days when there are no major stakes races.

Fair Meadows offers live racing in Tulsa, OK for only two months of the year, so while a great venue, you don’t have much time to see it.

Prairie Meadows in Altoona, IA offers live horse racing (thoroughbreds and quarter horses) from May through September.

Lone Star Park is one of only 4 tracks in Texas which offer live horse racing, and is considered by many to be the best of the bunch.

Unlike traditional flat racing in the US, which is usually held on dirt courses, steeplechases are run on grass and include jumping.

Turf Paradise opened in 1956 and offers live horse racing Monday through Wednesday and on Saturdays from November until early May.