Legacy Downs opens four-day 2024 meet in Nebraska

Legacy Downs, one of six tracks running live race dates in Nebraska this year, opens its four-day meet Friday with a four-race card, including a $20,000 stakes race for certified Nebraska-breds.

Legacy, which is located in Lincoln, is one of two tracks in Nebraska running under the brand of WarHorse Casino, one of the new casino operators in Nebraska authorized under a 2020 referendum tying casino licenses to racetracks. WarHorse is owned and operated by the state’s Winnebago Tribe.

Legacy, which has a seven-furlong dirt track, is scheduled to run four races per day on Friday and Saturday this week, then four races next Friday and five races on its last race day, Saturday, Sept. 28. The track was formerly known as Lincoln Race Course.

Racetracks in Nebraska have not consented to the jurisdiction of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, so none of the track’s races will be simulcast to out-of-state sites.

The feature race on the opening card is the one-mile Nebraska HBPA Derby. The race drew five horses. In total, 26 horses were entered for the four-race card.

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