Opened | May 19, 1951 |
Last Race Date | Still in Operation |
Racing Type | Thoroughbred |
Abbreviation | Mnr |
Purse Value Index | 22 |
Signature Race | West Virginia Derby (G III) |
- 05/19/1951 Tamale pays a hot $23 winning the inaugural Waterford Park Handicap.
- 04/26/1965 Waterford Park runs under the lights for the first time.
- 10/13/1968 Twenty two horses perish in barn fire.
- 05/08/1973 A record $966,508 is bet at Waterford Park on this date.
- 01/01/1987 Waterford Park is renamed Mountaineer Park.
- 01/01/1992 Mountaineer Park is again renamed this time to Mountaineer Race Track.
- 05/07/2005 A crowd of 25,336 set the single day attendance record.