Has anyone ever been to Ellis Park? What's it like?

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Has anyone ever been to Ellis Park? What's it like?

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Funny you should ask.  I have relatives who live in Evansville, IN and we just got back from visiting them.  I've been there (Evansville) many times but visited Ellis Park for the first time this year.  I live in New Jersey and my home track is Monmouth Park.  MP is a beautiful seaside track with lots of good quality horses and races.  So what about Ellis Park?  I kept calling it a nice little track.  It's clean with a midwest clientel.  The horses looked to be good quality with a few upper tier trainers listed for some of the races.  Churchill Downs had just ended their season and there were quite a few shippers from there.  It was speed favoring while I was there where all the winners came from the top 3 at the half mile mark.  It has a viewer friendly walking ring, limited betting windows, open air bar area near the walking ring and a picnic grounds area.  Grandstand seats were comfortable with a small "table" type area in front of the seats for drinks, programs, food to sit on.  I came out with more than I went with although the pools were small compared to what I'm used to seeing at MP or Belmont/Aquaduct.  I liken it to Philadelphia Park here in the East with a midwest farm setting.  Even though it's in Kentucky, it's on the Indiana side of the Ohio River.  Hope that helps.  If you go enjoy.