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The 2024 Keeneland Fall Meet takes place Oct. 4-26 in Lexington. 2024 Keeneland Fall Meet stakes schedule. Oct. 4: $600,000, Grade 1 Darley Alcibiades for 2-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles.
The Keeneland Fall Meet, which runs Friday through Oct. 26, features 22 stakes races worth a track record $9.85 million in purses. Fall Meet opening weekend includes Breeders’ Cup, Derby, Oaks races
The event was held on the dirt track over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles with Sintra winning in a time of 1:43 2 ⁄ 5. [1] The following year the event was moved to the turf track. [2] The Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup was a Listed race in 1984 and 1985, and was upgraded to Grade III status in 1986. [2]
In 1999 Shadwell Farm became the sponsor of the event, and in 2004 the event was renamed to the Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes. Shadwell's sponsorship lasted until 2020. [ 4 ] After the race's name reverted to the Keeneland Turf Mile Stakes for 2021, it was announced that John Magnier 's Coolmore Stud would become the title sponsor.
In 2006 due to inclement weather the event was moved to the synthetic track and in 2015 also the event was moved off the turf to the dirt track. [7] In 2023 the distance of the event was decreased from 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles to one mile. [4] In 2024 the event was upgraded to Grade II by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association. [8]
Here’s a look at the field with morning-line odds for the 2024 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes: Note: Encino was scratched from the Blue Grass Stakes on Saturday morning. Trained by Brad Cox and set to ...
The Fayette Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and older over a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the dirt held annually in October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky during the fall meeting. It currently offers a purse of $350,000.
It will be a busy autumn at Keeneland, with the Fall Meet in October and the Breeders’ Cup World Championships in November. Here’s what you need to know as horse racing returns to Keeneland.