Opened
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July 4, 1955
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Last Race Date
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July 9, 1993
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Racing Type
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Standardbred
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Abbreviation
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Aud
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Speed Rating
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205.2
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Signature Race
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Unknown
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Announcers
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Robin Burns
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Robert Jeffers
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- 07/04/1955 Si Creed wins Opener with 7,000 people in attendance.
- 05/29/1957 Dee Mee Dee, first thoroughbred to win at Audubon Raceway.
- 06/02/1972 Track attendance record is set when 4,508 fans show up.
- 04/01/1974 Tracks name is changed to Midwest Harness.
- 03/16/1979 Track name is changed back to Audubon Raceway.
- 03/19/1979 Barn fire takes the lives of twenty horses.
- 04/15/1980 $206,265 is bet to set all time handle record.
- 04/28/1987 Track name changed again, to Western Kentucky Harness Raceway.
- 03/04/1988 Final name change, track is now Riverside Downs.
- 03/04/1988 Beau Yentl Baily, wins first quarter horse race.
- 07/09/1993 Final race run under Riverside Downs banner. Remains open for training
- 01/04/2008 Six horses die in fire caused by faulty wiring.
- 11/20/2008 Twenty seven horses perish in early morning barn fire.