Thoroughbred racing returns to Keeneland April 8, the official start of the track’s 75th anniversary celebration.
Highlights of the 15-day season, which concludes April 29, include
the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass (gr. I) and the $400,000 Central Bank
Ashland (gr. I), springboards to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum!
Brands (gr. I) and Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), respectively.
This spring, Keeneland will feature racing on Wednesday through
Sunday except Easter Sunday, April 24. Post time for the first race each
day is 1:15 p.m. (all times Eastern). With an average daily purses of
more than $600,000, Keeneland carries one of North America’s richest
racing programs. Fifteen of the 16 stakes are graded; half of them will
be contested on the turf. At least one stakes race will be held on 11
days.
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