Red Mile
1200 Red Mile Rd. Lexington, KY 40504 (859) 255-0752
http://www.theredmile.com
History of the Red Mile Race Track
This historic track was founded in 1875 and was sponsored by the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association. Attendance to the opening races was minimal because the track had done no advertising. Once newspapers published articles about the new track, attendance picked up. The track is the second-oldest harness racing track in the world and the oldest horse racing track in Lexington.
The Red Mile hosts one of the legs of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters, the annual Kentucky Futurity. In 2017 the American Flat Track motorcycle racing events started being conducted at the Red Mile during the off-season.
The Red Mile is one of harness racing’s most famous tracks and is located in the heart of the Bluegrass region, an area of Kentucky famous for horse breeding and racing and of course basketball.
In 2014, The Red Mile announced it was partnering with Keeneland Thoroughbred race track to build a $30 million historical racing facility, with 1,000 terminals.
In May 2015, Keeneland also announced that it would move most of its Off-track betting operations to The Red Mile beginning investing over $2 million upgrading The Red Mile’s grandstand area. If you haven’t made a trip to the Red Mile recently I would highly recommend it.
