Kentucky Downs Shatters Wagering Record
Kentucky Downs concluded a record-shattering five-date session up 34 percent in wagering on the all-grass meet that has stamped itself among the most unique experiences in American races.
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| Date | Race | Purse | Age/Sex | Dist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | |||||
| One Dreamer S. | $150,000a | 3&up, f/m | 8.32f T | Details | |
| Exacta Systems Juvenile Fillies S. | $350,000a | 2 yo, Fillies | 7f T | Details | |
| Tourist Mile S. | $400,000a | 3&up | 8f T | Details | |
| Fasig-Tipton Turf Showcase Juvenile S. | $350,000a | 2 yo | 7f T | Details | |
| Old Friends S. | $150,000g | 3&up | 8.32f T | Details | |
| Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf S. (G3T) | $350,000a | 3&up, f/m | 8f T | Details | |
| Kentucky Downs Ladies Sprint S. | $350,000a | 3&up, f/m | 6.5f T | Details | |
| Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint S. (G3T) | $400,000a | 3&up | 6.5f T | Details | |
| Calumet Farm Kentucky Turf Cup S. (G3T) | $600,000a | 3&up | 12f T | Details | |
| Dueling Grounds Oaks | $200,000a | 3yos, Fillies | T | Details | |
| Exacta Systems Dueling Grounds Derby | $350,000a | 3yos | T | Details | |
| Franklin-Simpson S. | $250,000a | 3yos | 7f T | Details | |
| Ramsey Farm S. | $350,000a | 3&up, f/m | T | Details | |
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Big Bend Speeds to Dueling Grounds Derby Victory
With a furlong to run in the $350,000 Exacta Systems Dueling Grounds Derby, it appeared as if frontrunner Big Bend had momentum working against him.
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Daddys Lil Darling Sets Course Record at Kentucky Downs
Normandy Farm's homebred Daddys Lil Darling asserted herself at the top of the Kentucky Downs' stretch and set a course record in the $200,000 Dueling Grounds Oaks Sept. 10 and broke an eight-race losing streak in the process.
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Oscar Nominated Ekes Out Kentucky Turf Cup Score
It took almost a year to the day for Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Oscar Nominated to find his way back to the winner's circle, but some old Kentucky Downs magic did the trick.
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Ageless Hogy Prevails in KD Turf Sprint Stakes
The ageless wonder that is Hogy added to his indefatigable reputation Saturday when he reeled in Commend in late stretch to win the $400,000 Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint Stakes (G3T) by half a length and earn his first graded score since 2013.
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Miss Temple City Shows Grit in Ladies Turf Stakes
Miss Temple City wore down Zipessa with a determined drive in mid stretch to capture the $350,000 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes (G3T) by a neck and put herself back on course for her year-end goals.
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Weekend Stakes Rundown: Spotlight on Kentucky Downs
Consider this your weekly guide to the best stakes races in North America. This week Kentucky Downs features six lucrative stakes races to take hold of the spotlight.
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Litfin: Handicapping Kentucky Downs All-Stakes Pick 4
On Sept. 9 the spotlight shines on Kentucky Downs, the countryside phenomenon that annually tops the Horseplayers Association of North America's track ratings.
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Oscar Nominated Brings Profile to the Kentucky Turf Cup
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Calumet Farm Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes (G3) on Saturday at Kentucky Downs.
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Claiming Crown Berths on the Line at Kentucky Downs
Kentucky Downs hosts two starter allowance races for horses whose connections are hoping for victories and automatic berths in the Claiming Crown Championships at Gulfstream Park.
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Applicator Upsets Tourist Mile at Kentucky Downs
It was a long time between stakes wins for Olympia Star's Applicator, but the 4-year-old Henrythenavigator gelding fired his best shot Sept. 6 to defeat a quality field in the $400,000 Tourist Mile at Kentucky Downs.
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Miss Temple City Aims to Get Back in Form at KY Downs
If Miss Temple City is anything close to her old self, the first move toward righting the ship could come Sept. 9, when she becomes the most accomplished horse to ever grace the unique venue at Kentucky Downs.
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Postulation Brings Win Streak Into Kentucky Turf Cup
Postulation will try for a third straight stakes win when he starts from the rail in the $600,000 Calumet Farm Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes (G3T) Sept. 9 at Kentucky Downs.
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Kentucky Downs Sprints Offer Fast Cash
Kentucky Downs' turf sprints, the $400,000 Turf Sprint (G3T) and $350,000 Ladies Sprint Stakes, offer huge paydays going 6 1/2 furlongs Sept. 9.
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Kentucky Downs Believes in Pari-Mutuel Gaming
Kentucky Downs’ takeout rates of 14% on the Pick 5 and 16% on win, place, and show wagers are among the lowest in the country. No Thoroughbred track is lower than Kentucky Downs’ 18.25% takeout on exactas and 19% takeout on trifecta wagers.
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Kentucky Downs Ready for Opening Day
Big purses at Kentucky Downs, which completed a $5 million off-season renovation, attracted an overflow of entries to the track's maiden and allowance races, the richest in the nation.
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Rain Forces Schedule Changes at Kentucky Downs, Ellis
Because of heavy rain, Kentucky Downs has rescheduled the Saturday, Sept. 2 opening card to Wednesday, Sept. 6. The fields for the 10-race all-grass card will remain the same, with no redrawing of entries or post positions.
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A Lucrative Wednesday in Kentucky
The short Kentucky Downs all-turf meeting is scheduled to begin with a bang Sept. 6 with four stakes on the 10-race card at the unique Franklin, Ky. track.
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Kentucky Downs to Pay $750 for Sixth Through Last
Because of business surpassing projections—including a best-ever July with its historical horse racing operation—every horse running at Kentucky Downs' highly acclaimed September meet will earn at least $750.
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Historical Gains in Kentucky
Kentucky purses continue to benefit from the success of historical racing, which registered another strong year.
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Kentucky Downs Announces Stakes Schedule
Highlighted by two new graded-stakes events and a record $8.4 million in purses and supplemental Kentucky-bred monies, Kentucky Downs will offer one of the world's most lucrative racing programs during its five-day, all-turf season Sept. 2-14.
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Kentucky Downs, EquiLottery Enter Into Agreement
Kentucky-based entities Kentucky Downs and EquiLottery have entered into an agreement that will allow the use of races from the Franklin, Ky., racetrack as the basis for EquiLottery, a new lottery game based on the results of live horse racing.
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Record Historic Gaming Month at Kentucky Downs
Exacta Systems and Kentucky Downs again shattered the single month historic horse racing handle record in February, with wagering in the 28-day month totaling $51.8 million.
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Appeals Court Upholds Decision Favoring Exacta Systems
An appeals court upheld a decision by a United States District Court that found no patent infringement by the historic racing company Exacta Systems.
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Kentucky Downs Names Race After Tourist
Kentucky Downs has renamed a major stakes event on its racing calendar to honor 2016 Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) winner Tourist.
