Cumberland Run harness track opens Sunday
At 0h02, on October 10, 2023 • By CUMBERLAND RUN
Cumberland Run opens this Sunday, bringing live horse racing to southeastern Kentucky for the first time and giving the state a third Standardbred track.
Cumberland Run staged its harness meet the past two years at The Red Mile in Lexington while the five-eighths-mile track was being built. The Mint Gaming Hall Cumberland Run — the part of the property that offers year-round electronic gaming, simulcast wagering on other horse tracks and now sports betting — opened in late July.
Kentucky’s newest horse track will race 12 days: Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays from Oct. 15 through Nov. 7, with a first post of 1 p.m. (EDT).
“We’re excited to bring live racing to southeastern Kentucky,” said Ted Nicholson, Vice President of Racing for The Mint Gaming properties. “We look forward to our purses increasing each year and building Cumberland Run into a harness racing gem while continuing to build back the Standardbred industry in Kentucky.”
