Stars and Stakes

Mutasaabeq won the Bourbon Stakes at Keeneland in 2020!
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Inthemidstofbiz, won the 2020 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes at Keeneland.
Inthemidstofbiz, won the 2020 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes at Keeneland.

Keeneland is back! Legendary, live racing returns to the Horse Capital of the World October 8th, 2021. The Fall Meet marks the 85th anniversary of racing at Keeneland. Seventeen days of racing will be hosted Friday, 10/8, through Saturday, 10/30/21. First, it’s Fall Stars Weekend!

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A Bright Outlook On The Belmont

Essential Quality knows how to win a race. Up next, the 153rd Belmont Stakes!
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Essential Quality, is the favorite to win the 153rd Belmont Stakes.
Essential Quality, is the favorite to win the 153rd Belmont Stakes.

Back to the best in racing. It is time for the third jewel of The Triple Crown! The Belmont Stakes posts this Saturday and I have a bright outlook on the contenders. “The Test Of The Champion” is generally full of surprises and this year will be just as bewildering. I am breaking down all the background and basic information on Belmont’s big race for you.

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Derby Dispatch: Details of the Kentucky Derby

Essential Quality races to the finish in the Blue Grass Stakes. He is a favorite for the 147th Kentucky Derby!
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Essential Quality races to the finish in the Blue Grass Stakes. He is a favorite for the 147th Kentucky Derby!
Essential Quality races to the finish in the Blue Grass Stakes. He is a favorite for the 147th Kentucky Derby!

The time has come. The first Saturday in May is homecoming, here in The Horse Capitol of the World. We welcome all, to join in our enthusiasm, as we watch the The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports. Churchill Downs is The Home of the Kentucky Derby.

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Keeneland: Happily Ever After

Keeneland, my happy place!
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Essential Quality wins the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland.
Essential Quality wins the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland.

Do not despair, as the Kentucky Derby will soon be here, though the Keeneland Spring meet has concluded. Keeneland did bring the horses of our dreams and the quality races for those who look most forward to it.

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The Last Laps: On The Road To The Kentucky Derby

Keenland hosts some of the final Kentucky Derby preps. Last week the Blue Grass Stakes raced.
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Essential Quality, hot on the Kentucky Derby trail won the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland.
Essential Quality, hot on the Kentucky Derby trail, won the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland.

Following forty four prep races over the course of eight months there are now only two stakes left that offer points to qualify for the Kentucky Derby. Saturday, we will see the final two preps, the Lexington Stakes and the Arkansas Derby. These are the last laps, on the Road to The KY Derby.

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Keeneland- A Joyride On The Road To The Kentucky Derby

Keeneland's Spring Meet features two Kentucky Derby prep races!
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Keeneland's Spring Meet features two Kentucky Derby prep races!
Keeneland’s Spring Meet features two Kentucky Derby prep races!

We are just one month away from the 147th Kentucky Derby! Only six preps remain. All these preps will be raced in the next ten days, to shape the final ranking of the leaderboard. Two of these last preps will be held at Keeneland race course! Time spent at the track is always a great pleasure. It is pure joy to ride on The Road, especially when it is at Keeneland. Ride with me now!

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A Treble of Trouble to Transform the Top of the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard

Highly Motivated fought hard for the win in the Nyquist Stakes at Keeneland!
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Sittin On Go races by as the sun sets on the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
Sittin On Go races by as the sun sets on the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.

Saturday, the sixth of March, serves up three more Kentucky Derby Prep races! 255 points are up for grabs in this trio and that is going to shake rank up on the KY Derby leaderboard. Greatest Honour holds the top spot with 60 points, following two wins in preps. He is trailed by Mandaloun with 52 points, from a win and a show on The Road. Third rank is held by Essential Quality, with 40 points from three winning preps. Each of this Saturdays races grant 50 points to the winner. Therefore, this Saturday’s winners will rise to the top 5 rank and even higher, if the talented thoroughbreds have prior points. Currently ranked horses need to watch out for this treble of trouble to transform the top of the Kentucky Derby leaderboard.

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Three For the Road: Kentucky Derby

Hard Rye Guy will compete for Kentucky Derby points in the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes on 2/26/2021!
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Hard Rye Guy will compete for Kentucky Derby points in the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes on 2/26/2021!
Hard Rye Guy will compete for Kentucky Derby points in the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes on 2/26/2021!

It’s three for the road to the Kentucky Derby as this weekend and month wraps! Rebounding from some bitter winter storms and with Spring on the mind, anticipation of the 2021 Kentucky Derby is building. The prep races that began awarding points as far back as September are racing towards the roads end. The preps end the second week in April and the first Saturday in May, the world watches. Take time to enjoy each critical race. There are many points up for grabs over this weekends three KY Derby prep races!

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Breeders’ Cup: Then and Now

Keeneland hosted the 37th Breeders' Cup in November of 2020!
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Authentic wins the Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland by 2.25 lengths!
Authentic wins the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland by 2.25 lengths!

What a difference a week makes! After looking forward to Breeders’ Cup for so long the two day event raced by in a flash. Each of the 14 BC races were spectacular. Let’s look at the winners and what their post championship life looks like today.

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Count on Keeneland for Stars and Stakes

Keeneland At Home keeps the spectators away from Keeneland's Fall Meet.
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Fall Stars Weekend kicks off Keeneland's Fall Meet!
Fall Stars Weekend kicks off Keeneland’s Fall Meet!

Keeneland kicked off its Fall Meet with Fall Stars Weekend. Live racing at Keeneland from October 2nd through 24th foreshadows the Breeders’ Cup set for November 6th and 7th at this very same racecource. This meet features 18 stakes races, 10 of which are “Win and You’re In” races for an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup! Check out what this Fall at Keeneland has to offer.

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