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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 ...
What you need to know, including predictions, for the key Kentucky Derby prep race to be run Saturday evening at Keeneland. Expert picks for Keeneland’s Blue Grass Stakes, one of the final ...
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.
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. The Coolmore Turf Mile will carried a $1 million purse for its 2022 running [ 4 ] and was increased to $1,250,000 in 2024.
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]
Those four horse deaths at Keeneland last year came from 2,736 total starters, according to the Equine Injury Database, a national listing of horse racing injuries started by The Jockey Club in ...
Mike Battaglia is an American horse racing analyst, race caller and television broadcaster. He is most closely associated with Churchill Downs, the Kentucky Derby and as the on-air talent for Keeneland Racecourse with Katie Gensler. Battaglia, a native of Covington, Kentucky, [1] has worked most of his career at Churchill and Turfway Park. He ...
Here’s what you need to know as horse racing returns to Keeneland. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...