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                               AMENDMENT No. 1 TO
            ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC. AND
              CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED DATED AS OF MAY 5, 1999

                           Dated as of August 31, 1999

         This  AMENDMENT  No. 1 is  entered  into by  Hollywood  Park,  Inc.,  a
Delaware corporation (HPI), Churchill Downs Incorporated, a Kentucky corporation
(CDI), and Churchill Downs California  Company,  a Kentucky  corporation  (CDC),
with reference to the following facts:

         WHEREAS,  CDI has assigned all of it rights and obligations  under that
certain Asset Purchase  Agreement  dated May 5, 1999 (the "Purchase  Agreement")
between HPI and CDI, to CDC and CDC has accepted such rights and obligations;

         WHEREAS, by virtue of such assignment, CDC is a party to this Amendment
No. 1 and by its execution hereof,  CDI acknowledges that CDC is a party to this
Amendment No. 1;

         WHEREAS, the California Division of Gambling Control is reviewing,  and
has  requested  clarifications  to, the Purchase  Agreement  between the parties
hereto,  for good and valuable  consideration,  the receipt and  sufficiency  of
which is hereby acknowledged, the Purchase Agreement is amended as follows:

         Capitalized  terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Asset Purchase Agreement.

         SECTION 1  DEFINITIONS.  The Office Lease  defined in Section 1 whereby
HPI would lease office space from CDI on terms substantially similar to the form
of lease attached as Exhibit E and Exhibit E-1 will no longer be necessary.  Any
and all references to the Office Lease are hereby deleted.

          SECTION  2.2.2  ACCOUNTS  RECEIVABLE.  Accounts  Receivable  expressly
excludes all accounts and notes receivable pertaining to gaming at the Hollywood
Park-Casino.

         SECTION 2.2.9 EXCLUDED CONTRACTS,  PERMITS AND LICENSES.  The following
is added to the list of contracts,  permits and licenses not  transferred to CDC
(as assignee of CDI) as noted on Schedule 2.2.9:

         "15. Provisional license to operate Hollywood Park-Casino held by HPI."

          SECTION 4.4 GOVERNMENT  APPROVALS.  The following is added to the list
of governmental approvals required as noted on Schedule 4.4:

          "2.  Approvals  required  from the  Division  of  Gambling  Control in
connection with this Agreement and the Casino Lease."



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         SECTION 4.17  LITIGATION.  The following  disclosure is hereby added to
Schedule 4.17 in respect to HPI's knowledge of material  legal,  administrative,
arbitration or other  proceedings,  claims,  actions or governmental  regulatory
investigations  of any nature  pending or  threatened  against or affecting  the
Assets:

         "Regulatory  investigation  by the  Division  of  Gambling  Control  in
         connection with HPI's operation of the Hollywood Park-Casino."

         Additionally,  the title of Schedule 4.17 is changed from  "Litigation"
         to "Litigation and Other Regulatory Investigation."

         SECTION 5.6  FINANCING.  The following  sentence is added to the end of
Section 5.6:

         "Any such alternate  financing  shall meet the approval of the Division
         of Gambling Control."

         SECTIONS 8.1.13 AND 10.3: CASINO OPERATOR. The approved Casino Operator
is Century Gaming Management,  Inc., a California corporation. The references to
California  Casino Management in Sections 8.1.13 and 10.3 shall be replaced with
Century Gaming Management, Inc., a California corporation.

         SECTION  10.4  TERMINATION  DATE.  Subject  to and  without  waiving or
modifying the parties'  respective  rights of  termination  provided for in this
Section 10.4 or otherwise  available to it, Seller  acknowledges  that (i) Buyer
has informed it that Buyer's lender requires three business days prior notice to
release  the funds which  Buyer  intends to utilize to  purchase  the Assets and
consummate the  Transactions;  and (ii) upon Seller's  receipt of a copy of such
notice,  the  parties  shall  perform  all acts  necessary  to  consummate  such
transactions upon expiration of the three business day period.

         SECTION 11.7 NON-PARIMUTUEL  GAMING. It is the intent of the parties to
comply with  California  gaming laws. To the extent  California law changes such
that  non-parimutuel  gaming  becomes legal,  prior to any such gaming  activity
taking place at Hollywood Park, necessary approvals or licensure shall be sought
and obtained from the Division of Gambling Control.

         SECTION 12.9 ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION. The following shall be added to
become Section 12.9 entitled Assignment and Assumption:

         "Section  12.9  ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION.  Buyer is assigning
         to Churchill Downs California Company, a Kentucky corporation
         ("CDC"), its rights to enter into the following  agreements:
         (1) Casino Lease; (2) Parking  License; (3) Easement Agreement;
         and (4) License Agreement (collectively the "Assigned  Agreements").
         As a material inducement to and in consideration  of Seller's
         consent to Buyer's  assignment of the Assigned Agreements,
         Buyer shall, on the Closing Date, execute

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         and  deliver to Seller a guaranty  (the  "Guarantee")
         substantially  in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.


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         This Amendment No. 1, which may be executed in two or more counterparts
each of which  shall be  deemed an  original,  but all of which  together  shall
constitute one and the same instrument,  supersedes any inconsistent  provisions
in the Agreement.  The Agreement,  as amended hereby,  remains in full force and
effect.

         Dated as of this 31st day of August, 1999.

                               HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.


                               By:      /S/ LOREN S. OSTROW
                               Its:     SECRETARY



                               CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED


                               By:      /S/  ROBERT L. DECKER
                               Its:     EXECUTIVE VP AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER


                               By:      /S/  REBECCA C. REED
                               Its:     SENIOR VP, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY




                               CHURCHILL DOWNS CALIFORNIA COMPANY


                               By:      /S/  ROBERT L. DECKER
                               Its:     VICE PRESIDENT


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


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