A partnership of the Lexington, Kentucky-based Keeneland Association and Ron Winchell and Marc Falcone, the majority owners of Kentucky Downs, recently applied for a racing license to build a casino in Williamsburg and a new harness racetrack 10 miles north in Corbin, both located on I-75 about 30 miles from the Tennessee border. Kentucky Horse Racing Commission Executive Director Marc Guilfoil said the license would apply to both facilities; he noted the state will has two open licenses.
The casino would offer historical horseracing machines, which have generated hundreds of millions of dollars for Kentucky operators and generous subsidies for racing purses and breeders’ awards since they were legalized in 2012.
Guilfoil said the racing commission will schedule a meeting of its racing dates committee to begin discussions of the Keeneland partnership license application.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission previously awarded an adjunct license to Churchill Downs to operate a casino at its Trackside training center.
