Javier Barajas

Veteran track superintendent Javier Barajas has rejoined Ellis Park Racing & Gaming, returning to a role he previously held in 2020. Barajas most recently served as track superintendent at Canterbury Park from 2023 to 2025 and brings more than four decades of experience in racetrack maintenance. His career has included overseeing surfaces at tracks including Arlington Park, Fair Grounds, Golden Gate Fields Keeneland and Meydan Racecourse. Barajas succeeds Chris Bosley, who served as Ellis Park's track superintendent for the past two years and was promoted to assistant track superintendent at...

Javier Barajas, who has tended to racetracks and courses around the globe, is Ellis Park's new track superintendent. Glenn Thompson, a veteran of almost 70 years maintaining the track, helped Ellis Park become one of the safest racetracks in the country and will continue to work with Barajas. "We now have two of the best and most-respected track superintendents in the world working at Ellis Park," said Jeff Hall, Ellis Park's Director of Racing Operations. "While Javier and Glenn have very different backgrounds, they share fierce determination to do what is...