MONTANA DOWNS SEASON AT MISSOULA ADDS SIX RACES TO 2010 SEASON

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By KFBB Sports_Team

Story Published: Aug 5, 2010 at 1:02 PM MST

Story Updated: Aug 5, 2010 at 1:02 PM MST

Fresh off a very successful Great Falls meet, Montana Downs has announced they will add six stakes races to the two-day meet at the Western Montana Fair in Missoula. Racing will be conducted at the Missoula Fairgrounds for the first time since 2006 with a two day meet on Friday, August 13 and Saturday, August 14 with the first race each day at noon.

Three stakes races have been added each day. Older thoroughbreds will have a chance to run for added money in the 5 ¼ furlong $2,500 added County Commissioners’ Sprint Cup on Friday which will have a $100 entry fee with an estimated purse of $3,300.

The $2,400 added Missoula Overnight Quarter Horse Futurity and Missoula Overnight Paint Futurity, both for 2-year-olds, will also be offered on Friday. Both races will be contested over 300 yards and will have a $100 entry fee.

On Saturday Missoula racing will go tropical as, three-year-olds quarter horses will compete in the$2,400 added “Miss You So Badly” overnight Quarter Horse Derby while paints and appys get a chance to run for added money in the $2,400 added “Parrothead” Overnight Derby. Both the quarter horse and paint and appy derbies are named in honor of Jimmy Buffett for his song “Miss You So Badly” which mentions Missoula, Montana in the first line.

Thoroughbreds fillies and mares will also get a chance to run for added money Saturday in the $2,500 added Governor’s Cup Filly and Mare Dash at 5 ¼ furlongs.

“We have a lot of interest for the Missoula meet,” racing secretary John Petti stated. “We have had a lot of interest in Saturday’s $5,000 added John Deere AQHA Challenge and I wanted to give horsemen coming up from Idaho and other states a chance to bring a few more horses. There is almost no doubt the quarter horse Futurity and Derby will fill and it gives us a better program at Missoula with better horses.”

Entries for Friday’s program will be taken on Tuesday, August 10 while Saturday’s entries will be taken on Wednesday, August 11. The phone number to the racing office, which opens Monday, August 9 is 1-877-mt-race-1. Horsemen are reminded that entries close at 11 a.m.

After a week off, racing in Montana moves to Missoula for the first time since 2006. Racing will be conducted for two days on Friday, August 13 and Saturday, August 14 during the Western Montana Fair.

Montana Downs in Missoula is located at the Western Montana Fairgrounds. For more information on Montana Downs and upcoming events, log on to www.montanadowns.com or call 1-877-687-2231.

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