Ellis Park Race Course
Coordinates: 37°54′58″N 87°32′39″W / 37.91611°N 87.54417°W / 37.91611; -87.54417 Ellis Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Henderson, Kentucky, just south of Evansville, Indiana. While the track is located north of the Ohio River that forms the border between Kentucky and Indiana, which would put it within Indiana, the border is based on the course of the river at the time Kentucky became a state in 1792.
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