INDIANA GRAND RACECOURSE |
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The Indiana State city of Shelbyville, with a population bordering 20,000, is located in Addison Township and is the county seat of Shelby County. The earliest records indicate that the region was inhabited by the Miami tribe in 1818 until Jacob Whetzel arrived in the area. A town began to develop and was named after Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky, with the town incorporated on 21st January 1850. The city has its own racecourse, the Indiana Grand, along with a racino and casino, which held its inaugural meeting on 13th March 2009. The 8 furlong oval dirt track, with inner 7 furlong turf course and separate 6 furlong and 10 furlong chutes, sharing a 302 metre home straight was previously known as Indiana Downs. The track offers both thoroughbred and quarter horse races, with the feature thoroughbred races being the Indiana Derby and Oaks, both inherited from Hoosier Park, the Indiana Grand and Futurity, while the principal quarter horse races include the Blue River Derby Stakes final and the QHRAI Derby final. |
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Local Patrons | Indiana Grand Race Club |
Principal Races | Indiana Derby and Oaks, Indiana Grand and Futurity, Blue River Derby Stakes final, QHRAI Derby final. |
Indiana Derby winners since transferring to the track in 2013 |
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Indiana Oaks winners since transferring to the track in 2013 |
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Course today | The racecourse continues to operate very successfully. |
If you have photos, postcards, racecards. badges, newspaper cuttings or book references about the old course, or can provide a photo of how the ground on which the old racecourse stood looks today, then email johnwslusar@gmail.com |
ISBN 978-0-9957632-0-3 652 pages 774 former courses |
ISBN 978-0-9957632-1-0 352 pages 400 former courses |
ISBN 978-0-9957632-2-7 180 pages 140 former courses |
ISBN 978-0-9957632-3-4 264 pages 235 former courses |
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Copies of the above books are only available by emailing johnwslusar@gmail.com stating your requirements, method of payment (cheque payable to W.Slusar) or Bank transfer, and the address where the book(s) should be sent. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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