{"id":15608,"date":"2017-09-16T04:23:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T08:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=15608"},"modified":"2017-09-26T00:23:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T04:23:09","slug":"race-tracks-to-launch-partnership-in-new-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2017\/09\/16\/race-tracks-to-launch-partnership-in-new-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Race Tracks To Launch Partnership In New Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1592\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/10\/25\/churchill-downs-bidding-to-host-breeders-cup\/churchill-downs\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/churchill-downs.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"churchill downs\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/churchill-downs.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/churchill-downs.jpg?resize=259%2C194\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1592\" \/><br \/>\nChurchill Downs and Keeneland have announced a partnership that proposes constructing two new racetracks in southern Kentucky.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The tracks say in a joint statement that one proposed track would be located in Corbin and the other in Oak Grove. Both would have live races and historical racing machines.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal is contingent on the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission granting a pari-mutuel racing license at each site. The tracks said they were filing applications on Friday with the commission.<\/p>\n<p>Churchill Downs Chief Executive Officer Bill Carstanjen says the proposed facilities would improve Kentucky&#8217;s $4 billion horse racing industry by generating much-needed funds to increase purses and breeders&#8217; incentives.<\/p>\n<p>Churchill Downs and Keeneland said they are working with state officials to get incentives and necessary infrastructure improvements for the proposed tracks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Churchill Downs and Keeneland have announced a partnership that proposes constructing two new racetracks in southern Kentucky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/churchill-downs.jpg?fit=259%2C194&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-43K","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 19:36:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15609,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15608\/revisions\/15609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}