Hoosier Park

Just north of Indianapolis, Indiana, Hoosier Racing and Casino hosts more than 120 days of standardbred racing action every year, including the historic Dan Patch Invitational, honoring Indiana’s favorite racing son and arguably the greatest pacer to ever live.

Hoosier Park Track Layout

Hoosier Park boasts an atypical 7/8 mile dirt oval for harness racing. For years after its opening, Hoosier Park hosted both standardbred and thoroughbred racing, and thus the need for a track longer than the more common half-mile found at tracks designed exclusively for harness racing. 

Hoosier Park Track Layout

 

Track History & Quick Facts

Born in Oxford, Indiana in 1896, the namesake of the $250,000 Dan Patch Invitational Trot was one of the the greatest harness-racing colts the sport has ever seen, having never lost a race in his nine-year career, and setting 14 world speed records in the process. His official fastest time of 1:55 1/4 for the mile (set in a time trial rather than a race) stood for 32 years, and the unoffical time of 1:55 lasted until 1960.

A true sports superstar, Dan Patch traveled the country to speed exhibitions via a private train car. His image endorsed everything from toys to cereal to washing machines, and at his hieght he earned more than $1,000,000 a year for his owner - by comparison, baseball star Ty Cobb was earning less than $15,000 a year at the same time.

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Hoosier Park Racing and Casino

  • Address : 4500 Dan Patch Circle Anderson, Indiana 46013
  • Phone : (765) 642-7223 or (800) 526-7223
  • Opening hours : Open 24 hours for casino gaming
  • Website : www.hoosierpark.com
  • Racing schedule :

    2015 Season – March 27 to November 14, Tuesday through Saturday

  • Big races :

    Open – Dan patch Invitational

    2 YO Filly Trot & Pace – Kentuckiana Stalllion Management

    Open – Hoosier Park Pacing Derby

  • Post Times :

    5:15 PM – Daily

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