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| Date | Race | Purse | Age/Sex | Dist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 4 | Transylvania S | $100,000g | 3yo, | 8.5f T | |
| April 5 | Central Bank Ashland S | $500,000g | 3yo, f | 8.5f | |
| April 11 | Maker's 46 Mile | $300,000g | 4&up, | 8f T | |
| April 12 | Commonwealth S | $175,000g | 4&up, | 7f | |
| April 12 | Jenny Wiley S | $300,000g | 4&up, f/m | 8.5f T | |
| April 12 | Madison S | $300,000g | 4&up, f/m | 7f | |
| April 12 | Shakertown S | $100,000g | 4&up, | 5.5f T | |
| April 12 | Toyota Blue Grass S | $750,000g | 3yo, | 9f | |
| April 13 | Beaumont S Presented by Keeneland Select | $200,000g | 3yo, f | 7f | |
| April 17 | Appalachian S Presented by Japan Racing Association | $100,000g | 3yo, f | 8f T | |
| April 18 | Hilliard Lyons Doubledogdare S | $100,000g | 4&up, f/m | 8.5f | |
| April 19 | Ben Ali S | $150,000g | 4&up, | 9f | |
| April 19 | Coolmore Lexington S | $200,000g | 3yo, | 8.5f | |
| April 19 | Giant's Causeway S | $100,000g | 4&up, f/m | 5.5f T | |
| April 24 | Bewitch S | $150,000g | 4&up, f/m | 12f T | |
| April 25 | Dixiana Elkhorn S | $250,000g | 4&up, | 12f T |
133 fillies, highlighted by graded stakes winners Untapable, Onlyforyou, and Awesome Baby, currently the top point earners on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), have been nominated to the Central Bank Ashland (gr. I).
Twenty-two of the top 25 point earners on the Road to the Kentucky Derby leader board are among the 191 3-year-olds nominated to the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) that will be run April 12 at Keeneland Racecourse.
Mine That Bird, winner of the 2009 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) will return to greet fans at the Kentucky Derby Museum this spring.
If you listened closely enough at Gulfstream Park after the $150,000 Palm Beach Stakes (gr. III) March 1, you could almost hear the cheers from California, and perhaps beyond, as Gala Award entered the winner's circle.
Keeneland has cataloged 125 juveniles for its April 2-year-olds in training sale beginning at 4 p.m. EST April 7. A preview show is scheduled for April 3, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Morton Fink's two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan got back to work Feb. 24 at Keeneland, recording his first published breeze of 2014 under regular rider Damien Rock.
The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association will hold a Thoroughbred ownership seminar April 18 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington.
British-born Jacqueline Kandalaft-Gomez imparts basic dressage tenets to all of the young Thoroughbreds she exercises for trainer John Shirreffs, including Zenyatta's half sister, Eblouissante.
The reasons to scope yearlings and significant findings in radiographs were among the major topics covered at the Consignors and Commercial Breeders Association educational seminar at Keeneland Feb. 4.
As part of its educational mission, the Consignors and Commercial Breeders Association will hold its first symposium at Keeneland Feb. 4.
The Jockey Club and Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation will conduct the fifth "Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit" July 8-9 at the Keeneland sales pavilion in Lexington.
Casinos at five racetracks in Kentucky would generate about $86 million a year for the horse industry, a sponsor of expanded gambling legislation told the House Licensing and Occupations Committee Jan. 15.
Sixteen stakes worth a total of $3.725 million, boosted by purse increases for the Beaumont Presented by Keeneland Select (gr. II) and Elkhorn (gr. IIT), headline Keeneland's 2014 spring race meet, to be held April 4-25.
Favored at 6-5 for his first start since Nov. 29, Waterford Stable's Summer Front ran down pacesetter Tetradrachm in the final sixteenth to win the $200,000 Fort Lauderdale Stakes (gr. IIT) Jan. 11 at Gulfstream Park.
The first-year Darley Flying Start trainees arrived in Lexington January 6, having completed the English phase of the course in Newmarket December 19.
Louvakhova, a stakes-winning daughter of Maria's Mon, was purchased by Glen Hill Farm for $425,000 during the Jan. 6 first session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.
With the major November breeding stock sales delivering stronger than expected results for many sellers, consignors heading back to Keeneland's auction ring in January are predicting that the market will remain healthy.
OwnerView, a website and information resource developed by The Jockey Club and TOBA to assist both current and prospective owners, will host a national two-day ownership conference in October 2014 at Keeneland.
Tommy and Wyndee Eastham announced Dec. 19 that they have relaunched Legacy Bloodstock, the Lexington, Ky.-based Thoroughbred sales agency that Tommy Eastham co-owned with former partner Mark Toothaker.
Handicapping tournaments are an important growth area for horse racing, say racetrack officials and horse players. One professional handicapper urges the industry not to stop here but to push forward with exchange wagering.
