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                                                            EXHIBIT 2.2
                                          
                  FIRST AMENDMENT TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

         This First  Amendment  is made as of April 19,  1999 by and  between KE
Acquisition Corp. ("Shareholder") and Churchill Downs Incorporated and Churchill
Downs  Management  Company  (collectively  "Buyer") with respect to that certain
Stock  Purchase  Agreement  by and  between  Shareholder  and Buyer  dated as of
January 21, 1999 (the "Purchase Agreement").

         WHEREAS,   Buyer  and  Shareholder   have  agreed  to  resolve  certain
objections raised by Buyer with respect to the Extended Review Litigation on the
terms set forth below in this Amendment; and

         WHEREAS,  Shareholder  and Buyer have agreed to extend the Closing Date
as set forth in the Purchase Agreement as set forth below:

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  Shareholder  and Buyer hereby agree that the Purchase
Agreement remains in full force and effect, with the following amendments:

         1.    The   Closing   Date  as defined in Section  1.11 of the Purchase
               Agreement is hereby amended to be April 23, 1999, or such earlier
               date as is mutually agreed between Shareholder and Buyer.

         2.    Shareholder is acknowledged to be a Florida corporation,  and all
               references in the Purchase  Agreement or any amendment thereto to
               the  contrary  are hereby  deemed to be  revised  to reflect  the
               status of Shareholder as a Florida corporation.

         3.    The Buyer hereby  confirms  and agrees that,  except as set forth
               below and except such conditions to be satisfied at Closing,  the
               following  conditions in Section 3.3 of the Agreement  (those set
               forth in  Sections  3.3.3,  3.3.4,  and 3.3.6,  but not those set
               forth in Sections 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 of the Purchase Agreement),  as
               well as the  conditions  set forth in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 of the
               Purchase  Agreement  have  been  satisfied  or  waived  by Buyer,
               subject only to:

               (a)  the  absence  of the  occurrence  of an event  described  in
                    Sections  3.3.5 or 3.3.7 of the  Purchase  Agreement  (which
                    conditions  are  understood  and agreed to  continue to such
                    date as the Closing Date occurs);

               (b)  the due performance  and  satisfaction of the conditions set
                    forth  in  Sections   3.6,  3.7  and  3.8  of  the  Purchase
                    Agreement.

         4.    Shareholder  hereby  agrees,  subject  to  the   Closing  of  the
               transaction  described  in  the Purchase Agreement and subject to
               the limitations applicable to  amounts indemnified   pursuant  to
               subsection  (i) of  Section  25 of  the  Purchase  Agreement,  to
               indemnify  the  Corporations  for  (a) up to  $500,000.00  of the
               liability  amounts payable by the  Corporations in the event of a
               final judgment in favor of (i) the Investment Corporation of Palm
               Beach and its  co-defendants on the merits in Calder Race Course,
               Inc. v. Investment Corporation of Palm Beach, et al., Case Number
               98-14519,  Circuit Court of Broward County requiring repayment by
               Calder and/or  Tropical of amounts  received  and/or  recorded as
               income by Calder

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               or  Tropical  as  breakage  or uncashed ticket revenues for 1996,
               1997 or 1998<F1>, (ii) the  Division of  Pari-Mutue   Wagering on
               the merits in INVESTMENT CORPORATION OF PALM BEACH,  CALDER  RACE
               COURSE,  INC. ET AL. V.  DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND  PROFESSIONAL
               REGULATION,  Case Numbers 97-3414 and 97-2926,  District Court of
               Appeal  of  Florida,  Third  District<F2>, requiring  payment  or
               escheat  by  Calder  and/or  Tropical of amounts  received and/or
               recorded as income by Calder or Tropical as breakage or  uncashed
               ticket revenues for 1996,  1997 or 1998, or (iii) the  plaintiffs
               in the EEOC litigation<F3> requiring payment by Calder of damages
               to  such  plaintiffs,  provided, however, that the maximum amount
               subject to indemnification  by shareholder in respect of the EEOC
               litigation shall be $150,000;  and (b)  subject to the  aggregate
               $500,000 maximum indemnification  amount,  up to  $50,000  of any
               amount awarded as a part of a judgment against  the  Corporations
               and required to be paid  by  the   Corporations   in  respect  of
               out-of-pocket  costs and attorneys fees paid by the plaintiffs in
               the  EEOC  Litigation  or  the  defendants  in  the  Guest  Track
               Litigation. The aggregate  maximum indemnification amount payable
               by  Shareholder  shall be $500,000,  of which the maximum  amount
               subject to  indemnification  in  respect  of the EEOC  litigation
               (including  any  amounts  payable  pursuant  to clause (b) above)
               shall be  $150,000  (or such  lesser  amount as may be  available
               under  the  $500,000  aggregate  limit,  after  deduction  of any
               amounts  paid in respect  of the  Escheats  Litigation),  and the
               maximum  amount  subject  to  indemnification  in  respect of the
               Escheats  Litigation  (including any amounts payable  pursuant to
               clause (b) above) shall be $450,000 (or such lesser amount as may
               be available under the $500,000  aggregate limit, after deduction
               of any amounts paid in respect of the EEOC Litigation).  From and
               after the  Closing,  Buyer  shall have the right to  conduct  the
               Escheats  Litigation and the EEOC Litigation in the best interest
               of the Corporations,  as reasonably determined by Buyer. Prior to
               the Closing,  Shareholder  shall not agree to any  settlement  or
               compromise  of the EEOC  Litigation  or the  Escheats  Litigation
               without the prior written  consent of Buyer,  which consent shall
               not be unreasonably  withheld,  and after the Closing Shareholder
               may not settle or compromise such matters.  Subject to clause (b)
               above,  the  foregoing   indemnification  does  not  include  any
               indemnification  or  sharing of the costs  associated  with legal
               fees and expenses in such litigation (whether or not decisions on
               the merits of such litigation are rendered  adverse to Calder and
               Tropical),  and is  subject  to the  limitations  and  procedures
               applicable to claims  indemnified  pursuant to subsection  (i) of
               Section  25  of  the  Purchase  Agreement.   The  obligations  of
               Shareholder   set  forth  above  are  understood  and  agreed  by
               Guarantor to be included within the Guaranteed  Obligations which
               are the subject
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<F1>   (which litigation is referred to herein as the "Guest Track  Litigation")
<F2>   (which  litigation  is referred to herein as the "Division  Litigation").
(The  Guest  Track  Litigation   and  the  Division  Litigation are collectively
referred to herein as the "Escheats Litigation").
<F3>   EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION V. CALDER RACE COURSE,  INC., 
Case Number 97-4223, United   States District Court for the Southern District of
Florida,  Miami Division; and POER ET AL. V. CALDER RACE COURSE, INC.

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               of the Guaranty (and are subject to the limitation on Guarantor's
               liability  thereunder  and  otherwise  subject  to all  terms and
               conditions of such Guaranty).

         5.    Buyer and Shareholder hereby agree that adjustments shall be made
               to the Calder Race Course,  Inc. and Tropical Park, Inc.  Audited
               1998  Annual  Financial  Statements,  to (i)  record a reserve in
               respect  of outs and  escheats  receivables  in the  amount  of $
               246,000.00  and (ii) record a reserve in respect of certain check
               receivables   in  the   amount  of  $  93,000   (the   "Churchill
               Adjustments"),  on the condition that such Churchill  Adjustments
               shall  have  no  force  or  effect  for  purposes  of  any of the
               financial  calculations to be performed  pursuant to the Purchase
               Agreement.  For  purposes of the EBITDA,  Net Working  Capital or
               Average  Net  Working  Capital  determinations  to  be  performed
               pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Purchase Agreement,  and any other
               adjustment which requires reference to the financial  performance
               of either  Calder,  Tropical  or the  Corporations  (each term as
               defined in the Purchase Agreement),  such determinations shall be
               based on the financial  statements and  performance of Calder and
               Tropical  assuming  that the Churchill  Adjustments  had not been
               made.
         6.    The  Closing  of  the  transaction   described  in  the  Purchase
               Agreement   is  intended  to  Close  after  the  closing  of  the
               transaction  described in Section 31 of the  Purchase  Agreement.
               Shareholder and Buyer shall continue to cooperate in their mutual
               efforts to cause the closing of such other  transaction  to occur
               before April 16, 1999.

This First Amendment shall be effective as of March 18,  1999.

Capitalized terms not otherwise  expressly defined in this First Amendment shall
have the same meanings set forth for such term in the Purchase Agreement. In the
event of any conflict between the terms of this First Amendment and the terms of
the  Purchase  Agreement,  this First  Amendment  shall  control.  The  Purchase
Agreement  remains  in full  force  and  effect  and is not  modified  except as
expressly set forth herein.

"SHAREHOLDER"                        "BUYER"

KE ACQUISITION CORP.,                CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED
a Florida corporation                a Kentucky corporation


By:  /S/ K. NISHIKAWA                By:  /S/ REBECCA C. REED  
Its:  PRESIDENT                      Its:  SR. VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL 
                                           and Secretary               



                                     CHURCHILL DOWNS MANAGEMENT
                                     COMPANY, a Kentucky corporation     



                                     By:  /S/ REBECCA C. REED  
                                     Its:  ASSISTANT SECRETARY   



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Guarantor  acknowledges  and  agrees to the terms  and  conditions  set forth in
Paragraph 4 of the foregoing First Amendment.

"GUARANTOR"

KAWASAKI LEASING (USA), INC.
a Delaware corporation

By:  /S/ K. NISHIKAWA                                
Its:  PRESIDENT                                      




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