Here's where it was. This entire Covington map is
here.
The race track opened on July 9, 1883.
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| Helios, with Steel aboard, wins a race at Latonia. 1913. |
An Aerial View from 1938 |
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| looking southerly | looking west | looking north |
| 1922 Aerial Views of Latonia, from the Facebook page of Memories of Latonia, via Dutch Johnson | ||
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| The Grand Stand on Derby Day |
Winning the Latonia Derby |
Latonia Derby Crowd Scene |
Caution, Winning the Latonia Derby |
| The horse racing fraternity of America was thrilled at the prospect of the first Latonia Derby, run on May 26, 1888 | |||
The Latonia Race Track was open from 1883 thru 1939.
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| The Judges' Stands at the Home Stretch | The Judges Stand, from the back | The Judges Stand, from the stands | |
| Judges were there because we're in the days before the “photo-finish” was implemented. Most horse tracks didn't have the equipment until the late 1940's, if then. | |||
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| Florence | Judges Stand | The Start | Derby Horses to Post | They're Off |
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| Florence | at the finish | at the start | From a Facebook post by Dale Ashcraft | Crowd |
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| These three are all from 1917 From Facebook posts by Will Lack |
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| Casady was a noted starter at Latonia, before starting gates were invented | At the Post | Starter A. B. Day |
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| Club House and Judges Stand | The Judges' Stands at the Home Stretch | ||
1906
The Infield
from the back of the grandstand, 1937
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| Club House, grandstand, and first turn, all c. 1910. | ||||
