Douglas Park Grandstand

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This file appears in: Douglas Park Racetrack
Douglas Park Grandstand

This postcard from 1912 shows the grandstand at Douglas Park Racetrack. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Douglas Park Racetrack

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2336 in Louisville notes the location of Douglas Park Racetrack, which operated from 1895 to 1958. Horse racing flourished as a sport in late nineteenth-century America. Nowhere was that more apparent than in Kentucky. …