Lincoln Race Course is required to host at least one live race per year to qualify for a license to host wagering on simulcast racing events from across the nation. A one-furlong race in 2015 filled the requirement for the racetrack off U.S. 77.
Lincoln Horse Race
Sookie's Kookies, a 2008 chestnut ridden by Chris Fackler, wins the three-horse race in front of White Streak and Buffalo Creek Hawk during the annual race at Lincoln Race Course on Sept. 14.
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Lincoln Horse Race
Sookie's Kookies ridden by Chris Fackler is warmed up with an outrider before the annual horse race at Lincoln Race Course on Monday. The race, just one furlong was run in less than 12 seconds.
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Lincoln Horse Race
Jockey Zack Ziegler, wearing the appropriate white uniform to race White Streak, buckles his helmet as White Streak is prepared inside the paddock at Lincoln Race Course on Monday.
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Lincoln Horse Race
A crowd lines the one-furlong track to see the annual race at Lincoln Race Course on Sept. 14. Ho-Chunk Inc. has plans to build a short track and betting facility in South Sioux City.
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Lincoln Race Course
Sookie's Kookies (from left) edges White Streak and Buffalo Creek in the Lincoln Race Course's only live race in 2015.
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Lincoln Horse Race
Toad, a 17-year-old ex-race horse Thoroughbred stands with Louise Young while she waits for husband, Bob, an outrider, to finish escorting race horses onto the track at Lincoln Race Course on Monday.Â
The number of registered foals in Nebraska plummeted from 189 in 2005 to 33 in 2019. In 2021, the year after voters OK’d casino gambling, that number grew to 96.
