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    • Gaming
    • Promotions
    • Offers
    • Rewards
    • Red Mile Gallery
    • Community Perks
    • Road To Riches Car Giveaway
  • Live Racing
    • ←
    • Live Racing
    • Schedule
    • Horsemen
    • Entries and Results
    • Official Forms
    • Gabe’s Picks
  • Simulcast
    • ←
    • Simulcast
    • Schedules
    • Account Wagering
    • Entries and Results
    • Ways to Bet
    • Promotions & Contests
    • Resources
  • Events
    • ←
    • Events
    • Calendar
    • Book an Event
    • Rockabilly Dinner Show
  • Dining
    • ←
    • Dining
    • Frankies Bar & Grill
    • Center Bar
    • Wagers Burgers & Brews
    • Finish Line Concession
    • Clubhouse
  • About
  • Contact
  • Directions
  • Media
  • Red Mile Jobs
  • Sponsors
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About

Where Tradition Meets Fun

Red Mile is the second oldest harness track in the world, simulcasts three hundred and sixty-four days a year, hosts numerous horse sales, and features Pari-mutuel Gaming Terminals based on historical horse races or Historical Horse Racing. It is your dynamic entertainment destination.

Tradition is Born

On Tuesday, September 28, 1875, Lexington celebrated Red Mile’s inaugural opening of the Great Fall Trots, sponsored by the newly reorganized Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association.

For over one hundred and forty years, harness racing’s elite have converged on Red Mile to stage some of the greatest equine battles in history. Now it’s your turn to join the fray.
Play at Red Mile.

The Kentucky Futurity

On October 9, 1893, excitement was building among the crowd gathered at Lexington’s Red Mile. The occasion? The inaugural celebration of the Kentucky Futurity, one of the Commonwealth’s oldest and richest horse races. Today, it still ranks as the oldest classic race in the world of harness racing. Back on that day in 1893, the crowd watched the shiny black colt Oro Wilkes score a grueling five-heat victory for driver J.A. Goldsmith. Oro Wilkes fastest Futurity heat was 2:14 ½, and the purse for the inaugural was only $11,880.

Sunday - Thursday
10 AM - 2 AM

Friday and Saturday
10 AM - 4 AM

Red Mile wagering floor is open year-round. Seven days a week.

Simulcast hours of operation vary.
Please check our monthly simulcast calendar.

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1200 Red Mile Rd Lexington, KY 40504
[email protected] • (859) 255-0752

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