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Blue Ribbon Downs
Sallisaw, Oklahoma 74955
Oklahoma's oldest racing facility and first pari-mutuel race track, Blue Ribbon Downs, is running with first-class fun and excitement! Blue Ribbon Downs is set against the backdrop of the lush, green country of Eastern Oklahoma.
Blue Ribbon Downs is specially designed to offer fans close-up involvement in the sport...live racing as well as world class simulcasts. Blue Ribbon Downs features Quarter Horse, Thoroughbred, Appaloosa and Paint horse racing. A glass-enclosed Clubhouse overlooking both the track and action-packed Saddling Paddock offers fans year round comfort.
Blue Ribbon Downs is located on 100 acres bordered on the south by I-40 and on the north by Highway 64, two miles west of Sallisaw, Oklahoma. There is easy access to the track from three Interstate exits: two Sallisaw exits east of the track and Dwight Mission Road Exit just west of the track. Sallisaw, Oklahoma is 101 miles South of Tulsa; 159 miles East of Oklahoma City and 20 miles West of Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Licensed for the first time in 1984, Blue Ribbon Downs has continued a great tradition of horse racing in Oklahoma.