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What’s Up With This Breeders’ Cup?

Keeneland welcomes the 37th Breeders' Cup!
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Keeneland has gone purple to host the 37th running of the Breeders' Cup!
Keeneland has gone purple to host the 37th running of the Breeders’ Cup!

What’s up with this Breeders’ Cup? In three words, World Championship racing! The relentless COVID-19 pandemic has imposed many changes in every aspect of life and racing was not spared. Fortunately, thoroughbred horse racing has stayed the course, though augmented. Most tracks were able to offer live racing at some point during the calendar year and we eventually experienced the thrill of each of the Triple Crown Races! Now, as we have done every year since 1984, it is time to witness and honor the best thoroughbred race horses in North America and the world as a whole!

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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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Battle of the Blue Grass – The Thoroughbred Edition

Keeneland's Summer Meet will continue spectator free for the Blue Grass Stakes.
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I do admire the beauty of Admire, winner of Keneland's 7th race on opening day of The Summer Meet.
I do admire the beauty of Admire, winner of Keeneland’s 7th race on opening day of The Summer Meet.

In Kentucky, The Bluegrass State, the Battle of the Bluegrass is a title that is used to describe many competitive activities and sport events. This weekend, in The Horse Capitol of the World, The Battle of the Blue Grass is reserved for an important graded stakes race on The Road to the Kentucky Derby. The long overdue, 96th edition of the Blue Grass Stakes will race this Saturday!

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Summer Stakes from the Safety of Home: Keeneland’s First Summer Meet

The Summer Meet at Keeneland: 2020 print by Kayla W. Nord
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Off to the Races is now Home for the Races for Keeneland's first Summer Meet
Off to the Races is now Home for the Races for Keeneland’s first Summer Meet.

It has been way too long since I last saw Keeneland or a live Thoroughbred horse race. As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, Keeneland shuttered their grounds to visitors and cancelled their epic Spring Meet. In a splendid effort to keep fine racing alive Keeneland was able to put together their first ever Summer Meet. To continue to take the highest precautions for safety, the races are spectator free. Fortunately, with careful planning, we can now enjoy Keeneland’s Summer Meet, #KeenelandatHome!

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Keeneland: Fall Stars Weekend is First

Keeneland kicks of the Fall Meet with Fall Stars Weekend.
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The Fall Meet at Keeneland is a great place to experience the beauty of the "Horse Capital of the World"!
The Fall Meet at Keeneland is a great place to experience the beauty of the “Horse Capital of the World”!

The Keeneland Fall Meet begins today! To witness “Racing As It Was Meant To Be” look to Keeneland Race Track October 4th – 26th, 2019! First up, is Fall Stars Weekend. Keeneland will host 10 stakes over the three day weekend, 9 of which are “Win and You’re In” berths into next months, Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The purse for just this weekend alone is $3.95 million dollars.

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Kentucky Derby Is Coming

The 145th Kentucky Derby will race at Churchill Downs on March 4, 2019.
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The 145th Kentucky Derby will race at Churchill Downs on March 4, 2019.
The 145th Kentucky Derby will race at Churchill Downs on March 4, 2019.

Prepare yourselves! Kentucky Derby is coming. Saturday, May 4th, we will celebrate the longest continually held sport in America. There is a lot to know before you witness the “Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports”. Reference this post for the 145th Run For The Roses.

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Keeneland: Continued Quality

Keeneland's 2019 Spring Meet!
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Keeneland's 2019 Spring Meet!
Keeneland’s 2019 Spring Meet!

Just as April showers bring May flowers, Keeneland’s Spring Meet ushers in the finest in Kentucky racing. The 16 days of live racing took place between April 4th and 26th of 2019. The meet was a success in which 18 stakes, including preps for the Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby, were raced. Many thoroughbreds added a stakes win to their racing career and new owner, trainer, and jockey titles were announced.

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Record Breaking, Ready and Abel – The Keenleland January Sale

Abel Tasman added another title to her list of achievements when she broke a sales record at Keeneland January Sale.
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Abel Tasman added another title to her list of achievements when she broke a sales record at Keeneland January Sale.
Abel Tasman added another title to her list of achievements when she broke a sales record at Keeneland January Sale.

The four day 2019 Keeneland January Horses Of All Ages Sale is underway and it started on the right hoof. Keeneland reported an increase in head sold with a higher gross amount and average price compared to session 1 in 2018. The sale topper was Abel Tasman. She sold for $5 million dollars! That is the top price for any broodmare prospect ever sold at a Keeneland January Sale. There were several nice offerings at the start of the Keeneland sale with some promising results.

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Kings Of Keeneland

Keeneland's paddock is beautiful.

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Lawn jockeys decorated with the winners of previous stakes decorate Keeneland.
Lawn jockeys decorated with the winners of previous stakes decorate Keeneland.

It’s been exactly one week since things really heated up at Keeneland racetrack in Lexington, KY.  The October meet opened Friday, October 5th and served up some hot temperatures and hotter stakes races.  Fall Stars Weekend delivered 10 stakes races.  Since then they have held another stakes as well.  What has sire power meant to Keeneland’s racetrack so far and who may we expect to win this weekend’s stakes?

 

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Coming Up at Keeneland

Thoroughbreds train on the main track just days before the Keeneland Fall Meet begins.

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Training becomes very serious in the days leading up to the start of Keeneland's Fall Meet.
Training becomes very serious in the days leading up to the start of Keeneland’s Fall Meet.

Hooves are up and ready to race at Keeneland’s Fall Meet!  I checked in on the action at Keeneland’s main track yesterday morning.  There was an enormous feeling of anticipation as fans, staff, and connections gathered to watch Keeneland’s next contenders as they got in some prep work for the upcoming Fall Meet.  There is a large amount of talent, purse money, stakes races and Breeders’ Cup berth races at Keeneland, over the next month.  Racing begins Friday as Keeneland presents, Fall Stars Weekend.

 

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