CategoriesNews SportsThe Kentucky Downs meet has made more than a splash on the racing calendar for Kentucky-breds racing for the lucrative purses supported by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund. However, not to be slept on is how much the base purses have risen thanks to the state’s historical horse racing machines. The story of the meet’s richest […]
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CategoriesNews SportsBethany Baumgardner has won two races in a training career that began in April as the Florida trainer for Glen Hill Farm. Both those winners will be in action this weekend at Kentucky Downs: Ocean Club to run in the $1.5 million Ladies Sprint (G2) Aug. 31 and Bridle a Butterfly in the $1 million Juvenile Sprint […]
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CategoriesNews SportsShortly after the $3.1 million Nashville Derby Invitational (G3T) Aug. 31 at Kentucky Downs, the emphasis turns to the equine ladies with two races worth up to $1.5 million apiece for fillies and mares on the grass. Short-distance runners are up first in the Ladies Turf Sprint Stakes (G2T), a 6 1/2-furlong dash carded as […]
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CategoriesNews SportsBloodHorse’s Molly Rollins chats with Kentucky Downs Vice President Ted Nicholson about the upcoming race meet. Source link
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CategoriesNews SportsWith Kentucky Downs set to give away $3.1 million, the Aug. 31 Nashville Derby Invitational (G3T) drew an overflow field of 14 3-year-olds whose connections want in on a cut of that massive prize. The purse for the 1 5/16-mile turf race includes $1.2 million from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund, and only the field’s […]
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CategoriesNews SportsWith projected temperatures and a heat index expected to exceed 105 degrees Aug. 28 in Central Indiana, Horseshoe Indianapolis is proactively canceling the racing program, which was scheduled to begin at 2:10 p.m. ET at the height of the extreme heat conditions. “We have been keeping a close eye on the temperatures and heat indexes […]
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