In the running: Potential owner files Yavapai Downs racing permit application

By Joanna Dodder Nellans

The Daily Courier

Gary Miller submitted a voluminous application Tuesday to the Arizona Department of Racing for a Yavapai Downs horseracing license.

Gary Miller
Gary Miller

Miller has not made a final decision whether to purchase the track, but clearly wants to keep things moving so he can open the track in May if everything falls into place.

“Further decisions will be forthcoming,” Miller said this week. A bankruptcy court is requiring a purchase decision by Jan. 30.

Miller’s application to the Department of Racing requests 68 live racing days in 2013 and 68 more days of running the state’s off-track betting (OTB) facilities.

Miller is president of the Arizona Horseman’s Benevolent & Protective Association and has been involved in the horseracing industry for decades.

The Yavapai County Farm & Agriculture Association’s board of directors abruptly decided to shutter the track in May 2011. The board said the track didn’t have enough money to open, and by July 13 of 2011 it filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

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