Here's where it was. This entire Covington map is
here.
The race track opened on July 9, 1883.
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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 |
The Latonia Race Track was open from 1883 thru 1939.
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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