San Luis Rey Downs training center likely to remain open - Preliminary lease accord will retain thoroughbred training center

Although Magna Entertainment Corporation (MEC) will be terminating its lease to operate the San Luis Rey Downs Thoroughbred Training Center as of March 15, a corporation led by San Luis Rey Downs general manager Leigh Ann Howard will be operating the training center following the end of the MEC lease.

“We’ve agreed in principle,” Howard said. “We just have to get everything set up so there’s a smooth transition from one company to the other.”

At one time Magna Entertainment Corporation owned the land in addition to operating the thoroughbred training center. Three years ago MEC sold the land t...