The finest and fastest are racing at Keeneland this Fall. The Fall meet offers live racing throughout October. Twenty-two graded stakes are scheduled with record purses, totaling over ten million. Keep your focus on Keeneland to be fulfilled this Fall.
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Some of the best things about Fall in Kentucky are the bright colored leaves, bonfires, tailgating, orchards, festivals, pumpkin spice everything and the return of live racing at Keeneland race course. I am crazy for October racing at Keeneland, in Lexington, KY! If you love thoroughbred racing, you will truly be enamored by the 2024 Fall Meet.
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Ahead of the Mid-Summer Derby, you may be interested in the unique field for the 2024 edition of this stakes race. The 155th Travers Stakes is scheduled on August 24th. Find out what matters in the $1.25 million dollar Travers.
Share This:One Hundred Fiftieth Oaks: Kentucky Oaks Overview

The $1.5 million dollar Kentucky Oaks celebrates 1.5 hundred years of racing the finest of fillies. Friday, May 3, 2024 will showcase the best 3-year old thoroughbred fillies racing on dirt. The 2024 Longines Kentucky Oaks prep races began at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY in September. These fillies have worked hard to gather points in these preps to qualify to race at Churchill, this first Friday of May! The Kentucky Oaks features fun, fashion, food, fortunes and fillies! The filly fourteen are as follows:
Share This:Spring Set List: Keeneland’s Spring Stakes Schedule

Ready, set, go! Check out the set list for Keeneland’s Spring Meet Stakes. Nineteen thoroughbred stake races are scheduled this month at Keeneland in Lexington, KY. Be sure to follow the sixteen days of live racing from April 5th through 26th, 2024. Read on for the full stakes schedule and check back often for regular updates.
Share This:Facts And Photos Of The Field – Kentucky Oaks 2023
The long awaited 149th Longines Kentucky Oaks is ready to race! Friday, the field of fourteen filles will take to the track at Churchill Downs in Kentucky.

May 5, 2023 at 5:51 PM ET, race 11 on a card of lucky 13 is the Kentucky Oaks. The race is 1 and 1/8 miles on the dirt. Held annually, since 1875, this race is the classic stakes for 3 year- old fillies. The purse is $1.25 million dollars. USA Network courtesy on NBC Sports will televise the event from 1 PM to 6 PM ET.
The field of 14 is as follows by post/horse/jockey/trainer/owner/and morning-line odds: * (14 will race so the last 3 are Also – Eligible and race only if there are scratches)
- Mimi Kakushi/Mickael Barzalona/Salem bin Ghadayer/Godolphin, LLC, Lessee/20-1
- The Alys Look/Javier Castellano/Brad H. Cox/Dawn and Ike Thrash/15-1
- Gambling Girl/Irad Ortiz, Jr./Todd A. Pletcher/Repole Stable/15-1
- Southlawn/Raylu Guierrez/Norm W. Casse/Robert E Masterson/8-1
- Wonder Wheel/Joel Rosario/Mark E. Casse/D.J. Stable, LLC/12-1
- Botanical/Chris Landeros/Brad H. Cox/LNJ Foxwoods and Clearsky Farms, LLC/4-1
- Wet Paint/Flavien Prat/Brad H. Cox/Godolphin, LLC/5-2
- Promiseher America/Jorge A. Vargas, Jr./Raymond Handal/Hoffman Thoroughbreds, Tom F. McCrocklin and Medallion Racing/30-1
- And Tell Me Nolies/Ramon A. Vazquez/Peter Miller/Peter Redekop B.C., LTD./15-1
- Flying Connection/Florent Geroux/Todd W. Fincher/Brad King, Randy Andrews, G. Chris Coleman, Jim Cone, Suzanne Kirby and Lee Lewis/15-1
- Defining Purpose/Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr./Kenneth G. McPeek/Magdalena Racing, Colette Marie Vanmatre and James Ball/12-1
- Dorth Vader/Luis Saez/Michael Yates/John Ropes/20-1
- Affirmative Lady/John R. Velazquez/H. Graham Motion/AMO Racing USA/10-1
- Pretty Mischievous/Tyler Gaffalione/Brendan P. Walsh/Godolphin, LLC/10-1
- * (Also – Eligible) Taxed/Rafael Bejarno/Randy L. Morse/Richard Bahde/20-1
- * (Also – Eligible) Julia Shining/Luis Saez/Todd A. Pletcher/Stonestreet Stables, LLC/15-1
- * (Also -Eligible) Hoosier Philly/Edgar Morales/Thomas M. Amoss/Gold Standard Racing Stable, LLC/30-1
The featured image caption: Wonder Wheel wins the Darley Alcibiades at Keeneland. She is a multiple graded stakes winner and has high hopes of winning the 149th Kentucky Oaks.
Pretty Mischievous won the Kentucky Oaks!
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Alpha to Omega: The Road to the Kentucky Derby and Oaks

So it begins! Saturday, September 17, 2022, Churchill Downs hosted the first races on The Road to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks. The 41st running of the Iroquois Stakes and the 54th running of the Pocahontas Stakes were the very first stakes to offer points to qualify for the 149th KY Derby and KY Oaks. The alpha and omega of the Greatest Two Minutes in Sports at Churchill Downs Racetrack.
Share This:Preakness Ponderings

Thoroughbred U is sharing with you its ponderings on the Preakness. This Saturday, May 21, 2022, is the 147th edition of the Preakness Stakes! Prepare to compare the fine nine contenders.
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Live racing returns this April at Keeneland! The fabulous fifteen day meet is stuffed with stakes races, worth $7.7 million is purse money. Plan on participating in person at the picturesque track or through multiple media methods. Kindly, read my chronicle on Keeneland for a Spring stakes summary.
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