While construction of Turfway Park’s new facility won’t begin until the spring of 2020, changes that herald a bright future for the Northern Kentucky Thoroughbred racetrack are already evident as it opens its 44th holiday meet Dec. 4. The Turfway Park Grandstand as it exists today is seen in the top photo. A rendering of the new facility to be developed by Churchill Downs, Inc, is shown below. Construction on the new facility is scheduled to begin at the conclusion of Turfway Park’s 2020 Spring Meet. (provided images, click to enlarge). The changes result from Churchill Downs Inc.’s purchase of Turfway in mid-October. Most notably, purses for the 16-day holiday meet essentially double last year’s, averaging $204,812 a day (includes Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund monies).