Fairmount Park

	Fairmount Park @FairmountParkIL We're all smiles today knowing Opening Day is only TWO weeks away! Who else is as excited as we are? https://t.co/Y1Z35ytNnF 7 days ago
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	Fairmount Park @FairmountParkIL We feel that summer is over, but we can still hangout and watch live racing on the weekends. Racing starts at 7:30! https://t.co/uWiDJQ5eTJ 8 months ago

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Illinois bill would allow slots at tracks

News Brief: Fairmount Park leaders touted a plan Monday to create up to 300 new jobs, put roughly $20 million into state and local coffers, bring back the region's marquee horse race and save the struggling track.

Gambling bill 'crucial' to Fairmount Park

News Brief: The future of Fairmount Park is riding on a bill before Illinois lawmakers, says the horse track's General Manager Brian Zander.

Lawyer Bets $100,000 on Fairmont Park

News Brief: A legal high roller from Madison County with a yen to win the Kentucky Derby is staking $100,000 that one big night of horse racing in August will rejuvenate fading Fairmount Park.

Website - www.fairmountpark.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/fairmountparkracetrack
General Information - (314) 436-1516
General Information - (618) 345-4300

• Daily Double, on 1st, 2nd and last two races - $2.00 minimum bet
• Exacta, on all races - $2.00 minimum bet
• Pick 6, on races 3 through 8 - $2.00 minimum bet
• Quinella, on all races - $2.00 minimum bet
• Race Book
• Rolling Pick 3, begins with 5th race - $2.00 minimum bet
• Superfecta, on last race - $1.00 minimum bet
• Trifecta, on all races with 6 or more betting interests - $2.00 minimum bet

• Black Stallion Dining Room - Restaurant serves Dinner
• First Turn Café - Café
• Top of the Turf - American serves Lunch, Dinner

2003 Racing Dates (April 4th, 2003 - October 18th, 2003), Entrance Fee (Grandstand and Clubhouse Admission: $2.50 on weekends, $1.50 on Mondays, free on Wednesdays), Live Racing (Thursday through Monday), Major Race Dates ($25,000 Pete Condellone Stakes, July 10; $25,000 Tex's King Stakes, July 24; $25,000 Slight in the Rear Stakes, August 7; $25,000 All Sold Out Stakes, September 6; $25,000 Marluel's Troy Stakes, September 11), Nearby Airport (St. Louis International), Takeout Information (17%: Win, place, and show; 20.5%: Daily Double, Exacta; 25%: Trifecta, Pick 3, Superfecta)

• Racing Type: Thoroughbred
• Track Shape: Oval
• Track Material: Dirt
• Abbreviation: FP
• Takeout Rate: One Horse = 17%, Two Horse = 20.5%, Three Horse =
• Standing Start Positions: There are two chutes for six furlong and 1 1/4 mil
• Length: 1 mile
• Stretch Width: 80 feet in the frontstretch and the first turn
• Turn Width: 70 feet in the backstretch and far turn
• Length of Home Stretch: 1,050 feet
• Running Direction: Counterclockwise
• Clubhouse Seating Cost: $2.50 on weekends, $1.50 on Mondays, free on Wedne
• Grandstand Seating Cost: $2.50 on weekends, $1.50 on Mondays, free on Wedne