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Risen Star winner Sierra Leone was named the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s $1 million, Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland.. The Blue Grass (post time: 5:52 p.m.) will offer 200 ...
The 2024 Keeneland Spring Meet begins Friday in Lexington. ... Ten Blue Grass Stakes winners — including Strike the Gold in 1991 and Spectacular Bid in 1979 — have gone on to win the Kentucky ...
The Blue Grass Stakes (which goes 1 1/8 miles on Keeneland’s main track) has been held at Keeneland since the track’s first Spring Meet in April 1937. The race was inaugurated in 1911 at the ...
Keeneland was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986, [18] for its role in the growth of the horseracing sport and its revitalization in Lexington. [19] Keeneland hosted the Breeders' Cup for the first time in 2015. The Breeders' Cup Classic was won by Triple Crown winner American Pharoah by six and a half lengths.
In 1967, Pennsylvania enacted a law allowing thoroughbred horse racing with parimutuel wagering. [2] Two companies that later formed part of Penn National Gaming were founded in 1968 by groups seeking one of the four available racing licenses: Pitt Park Raceway, Inc., formed by several Erie area businessmen, [3] [4] and the Pennsylvania National Turf Club, established by a group of Central ...
McPeek's first break came in 1991 when he saddled his first First Stakes Winner, Red Wing, at Canterbury Park. [10] Three years later, in 1994, he won his first graded stakes race in the Beaumont Stakes at Keeneland with Her Temper. [11] In 2002, McPeek achieved his first grade 1 win in the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park with Harlan's Holiday ...
All-sources wagering for the 2024 Keeneland Spring Meet exceeded $218 million and was the third-highest handle in track history. ... the winner of the Blue ... the All Stakes Pick 5 ending with ...
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