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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 ...
A field of nine horses was pre-entered Wednesday for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic to be contested at Keeneland Race Course on Nov. 5.. The Classic is one of 14 World Championship races ...
May Day Ready and jockey Frankie Dettori celebrate after winning the Grade 2, $350,000 Jessamine on the opening day of the 2024 Fall Meet at Keeneland Race Course on Oct. 4, 2024, in Lexington, Ky.
Flightline's historic rise continued Saturday at the Breeders' Cup Classic with a dominant victory at Keeneland Race Course. Flightline dominates Breeders' Cup Classic, winning by 8¼ lengths Skip ...
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]
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 Fall Meet at Keeneland will feature 22 stakes races worth a record $8.9 million, and it all gets started this weekend. Live updates: Horse racing returns to Keeneland with record-setting Fall Meet
The race was revived at Keeneland in the spring of 1937. In 1943–1944, the Blue Grass was renewed as a part of the Keeneland-at-Churchill Downs meeting. In 1945, the Blue Grass was run as part of the Churchill Downs meeting. Today it is part of the Keeneland program. From 2007 to 2014, the race was held on a synthetic "all-weather" surface ...