Directions/Map

Contacts

Facility Information

Location:

One half mile south west of I-55/70 and I-255 Junction.

Directions to Fairmount Park
Racetrack

CONTACTS

Simulcast Department:

Greg Graves
Phone: (618) 345-4300 ext. 225
Fax: (618) 344-7485

Mutuel Department:

Mike Heidemann, Mutuel Manager
Phone: (618) 345-4300 ext. 239
Fax: (618) 345-2684

Racing Office:

Bobby Pace, Racing Secretary
Phone: (618) 345-4300 ext. 150
Fax: (618) 345-2174

Group Sales:

Linda Schwaegel, Group Sales Director
Phone: (618) 345-4300 ext. 110
Fax: (618) 344-8218

Quick Reference:

Satellite Coordinates: Galaxy 3 R (Call: (618) 345-4300 for daily frequency.)

Decoder: SA Digital

Internet WWW Address: http://www.fairmountpark.com

Tote Service: AmTote Spectrum (Hub Location - Arlington)

Race Dates: March 26^th, 2004 - September 18^th, 2004

Acreage of Site: 190 Acres

Barns: 22

Stabling Capacity: 1,080 Stalls

Parking Capacity: 4,140 Cars

Black Stallion Dining Room: 500 Capacity

Top of the Turf: 350 Capacity

First Turn Cafe: 100 Capacity

Reserved Grandstand Seating: 2198

Take Out: One Horse = 17%, Two Horse = 20.5%, Three Horse = 25%

The Course

One mile oval combination for thoroughbred racing constructed of clay and sand mixture. There are two chutes for six furlong and 1 1/4 mile races. Distance from last turn to finish line is 1,050 feet and the distance from the finish line to the first turn is 330 feet. The track width is 80 feet in the frontstretch and the first turn and 70 feet in the backstretch and far turn. Construction began 1924 by Culflash & Edwards and completed by Colonel Bradley and Matt Winn with design fashioned after Churchill Downs.