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Learn more about the history of Keeneland’s Blue Grass Stakes, and check out expert picks for Saturday’s key Kentucky Derby prep race.
Blue Grass Stakes. Post time: 5:52 p.m. Saturday at Keeneland in Lexington.Purse: $1 million.Grade: 1.Distance: 1 1/8 miles.Jockey weight: 123 pounds. TV: FanDuel TV.Kentucky Derby qualifying ...
Note: Friday’s 10-race Keeneland card includes five non-Breeders’ Cup races before the five Breeders’ Cup events. First post Friday is 11:55 a.m. First post Friday is 11:55 a.m. Show comments
Keeneland takes pride in maintaining racing traditions; it was the last track in North America to broadcast race calls over its public-address system, not doing so until 1997. Most of the racing scenes of the 2003 movie Seabiscuit were shot at Keeneland, in part because of the track's "retro feel". [12]
The Lexington Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt run annually in April during at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky during their spring meeting. The event currently offers a purse of $400,000. [1]
The Commonwealth Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses that are four years old or older, over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt held annually in early April at Keeneland Race Course, Lexington, Kentucky during the spring meeting. The event currently carries a purse of $300,000.
High-profile horse racing action returns to Central Kentucky this week. The 2024 Keeneland Spring Meet — which will feature 16 days of racing from April 5-26 (no racing on Mondays and Tuesdays ...
The Ashland Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early April at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, United States.It and the Ashland Oaks, the Kentucky Association racetrack's predecessor race, were named for Ashland, the homestead and breeding farm of statesman Henry Clay in Lexington, Kentucky.