Faced with the possibility of a purse cut, Fonner Park revamped its schedule entering a 31-day live horse racing meet that opens Feb. 19. Mutuel handle declines created by a struggling economy forced ...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KSNB) - Opening weekend for the 2025 horse racing season comes to a close Sunday at Fonner Park. The season is underway after racing officials canceling the initial start date ...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KSNB) - Fonner Park canceled the opening weekend of the 2025 horse racing season due to bad weather. Chris Kotulak, CEO of Fonner Park, said they did everything they could to ...

Some sights and sounds from the opening weekend of horse racing at Fonner Park in Grand Island. Horse-racing fans will have more chances to bet on live in-state racing this year as Nebraska tracks ...

The winter storm that dumped about nine inches of snow on Grand Island over the weekend has slowed down the training schedule as trainers get their horses ready for the Fonner Park opening on Feb. 24.

GRAND ISLAND - A decline in betting on horse racing - and the relocation of the Nebraska State Fair from State Fair Park in Lincoln - are major threats to the future of horse racing in the state, ...

GRAND ISLAND -- Fonner Park and the Nebraska Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association and the Nebraska Thoroughbred Breeders Association have announced a two-week trial period to conduct ...

Former Fonner Park CEO Hugh M. Miner Jr. died Oct. 4 at the Central Nebraska Veterans Home in Kearney, Neb., following a lengthy illness. He was 78. A graduate of Kearney State College, where he ...

Oaklawn Park canceled racing Feb. 15 following the fifth race after heavy rain fell at the Hot Springs, Ark., track and surrounding areas. Races 6-10 were left on the program. Fonner Park also ...

The Nebraska Attorney General's Office sought to stop wagering on historical horse racing at Fonner Park from getting out of the gates Thursday. State horse racing regulators made an illegal decision ...