Bally's Arapahoe Park is a horse-racing track in

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on the outskirts of

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, owned and operated by

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. Located at 26000 East Quincy Avenue, Arapahoe Park hosts

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and Arabian horse racing. The racing season generally begins in mid-May and continues through the late spring into the summer, wrapping up in mid-August. The track is home to the

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and the

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, both quarter horse stakes races with final purses of over $100,000. For Thoroughbreds, the meet's marque race is the

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, a 2 year old stakes race going six furlongs for $100,000 in purse monies. Arapahoe Park also hosts four graded stakes races, all for Arabian horses.

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