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Kansas State Fair is a state fair held annually in Hutchinson, Kansas, United States. It starts the Friday following Labor Day in September, and lasts for 10 days. This fair is the largest single event in the state and attracts approximately 350,000 people annually.
In 1986, Kansas voters approved Parimutuel betting at horse and dog racing facilities. 67% of Greenwood County residents approved the measure. In 1988, local businessmen raised $41,000 to fund a feasibility study to bring Parimutuel betting to Eureka Downs to improve the track's profitability and bring visitors and industry to Eureka.
History. In October 1965, real-estate agent Bill Rowland of Hutchinson, Kansas purchased 320 acres (130 ha) of land in Medora near his hometown, and spent $250,000 on its transformation into Hidden Valley Oasis by the following April. It was so called because, according to Rowland's brother-in-law O.J. Martens, "Any direction you look are trees ...
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The National Association of Racing (Japanese: 地方競馬全国協会 Chiho Keiba Zenkoku Kyokai, or NAR) is the authority for horse races operated by local governments in Japan (Prefectures, cities/towns/villages or unions of them). [1]
In the past, won Oka Sho, Japan Oaks and Shuka Sho (from 1996) (Not a classic race, but included in the Triple Crown)(Queen Elizabeth II Cup, from 1976 to 1995; Victoria Cup, from 1970 to 1975) triple crown title female horse in Japan.
The history of equestrian sports and horse racing in Japan goes back many centuries, but it was not until the Spring of 1862 that the first horse race in a recognizably European format was organized by a group of British residents on an area of drained marshland just outside the recently opened treaty port of Yokohama. [1]
The fair spends about $200,000 a year to bring in the stage, lights and sound systems. A permanent stage would reduce costs. Kansas State Fair wants to cut money-losing racetrack.