After you get a good rest at one of the luxurious hotels around Grand Prairie you may want to see what is going on at the Lone Star Park. This is a horse racing track that opened in 1997. It hosts a few different races such as the Thoroughbred series and the Quarter Horse series. The place is owned by Magna Entertainment Corp which is actually based out of Aurora Ontario and they lease it out for events. This park was hosted the Breeders’ Cup in 2004 where it increased its seating for the event to accommodate 50,000 people. You many want to show up on Memorial Day for the big purse. They call it the Lone Star Million Day so you guested it the purse is a little over one million dollars.
Normally, the track grandstand seats about 8,000 people. The track its self is a one mile dirt oval and also a seven furlong turf track. There is room in the stables for 1,600 horses spread through 32 barns. All of it covers about 315 acres of land. It is quite exciting to see the excitement get set off and hyped up with one of the current presenters like Dave Appleton, Rick Lee or Jon Lies. They add some spark to events such as the Lone Star Park Handicap, which are the American Thoroughbred horse race. This race is for horses that are three years and older.
The Texas Mile Stakes is also for Thoroughbred horses three years old and older. The same is true for the Lone Star Derby and the Ouija Board Handicap, they all run Thoroughbred horses three years and older but with slightly different circumstances. Then there some restricted stake races for the Texas horse which includes Stallions and Thoroughbreds. There are many events to catch and will always be exciting.