Beulah Park, which has changed hands several times in its long
history, will open its 2010-11 meet Oct. 12 under the new ownership of
Penn National Gaming Inc.
PNGI closed on its purchase of the Grove City, Ohio, racetrack July 1.
Beulah Park, the only Thoroughbred track in the state that offers
winter racing, will race live Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays,
and Saturdays through Dec. 22 with first post time of 1:15 Eastern,
then reopen in early January after a short holiday break. Purses will
average about $35,000 a day, on par with the 2009-10 meet.
Despite declining pari-mutuel handle and purses, the track received 1,500 applications for 1,100 stalls, officials said.
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