Current Tag: Kentucky Downs
Kentucky Downs' reserved tables on sale now for Finish Line Pavilion, new VIP Chalet
POSTED: June 8, 2021
FRANKLIN, Ky. (Tuesday, June 8, 2021) — Kentucky Downs will be back to full capacity for live racing in September with its most upscale option...
Ellis Park: Record purses, 3-year-old turf stakes added
POSTED: April 25, 2021
HENDERSON, Ky. (Sunday, Aug. 25, 2021) — Ellis Park is back on track to offer record purses while adding two new stakes for the 2021...
$1M Calumet Turf Cup named a 'Win and You're In' qualifier for $4M Breeders' Cup Turf
POSTED: April 20, 2021
FRANKLIN, KY. (Tuesday, April 20, 2021) — Kentucky Downs has been awarded its second Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series stakes for the 2021 race meet in...
Turf Sprint, WinStar Mint Million join Calumet Turf Cup as $1 million stakes at Kentucky Downs' 2021 race meet
POSTED: April 6, 2021
FRANKLIN, KY. (Tuesday, April 6, 2021)— For the first time in its 31-year history, Kentucky Downs is offering three $1 million races during its six-date...
Kentucky Downs turf course gets major renovation
POSTED: December 10, 2020
'By late summer we feel confident that the course will be spectacular' FRANKLIN, Ky. (Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020)-- Kentucky Downs -- whose unique all-grass meet...
Kentucky Downs on display in Breeders' Cup turf races
POSTED: November 5, 2020
Imprimis, with Irad Ortiz up, won Kentucky Downs' $700,000, Grade 3 RUNHAPPY Turf 'Proof is in the pudding, and we’re seeing the pudding,' says Casse...
Kentucky Downs Approved for Six Day Meet to Run Through Labor Day
POSTED: October 20, 2020
Imprimis prevailed in a three-horse dash to the wire in the $700,000, Grade 3 RUNHAPPY Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs last month. Coady Photography FRANKLIN,...
Kentucky Downs-raced horses shine in Breeders' Cup preps
POSTED: October 13, 2020
FRANKLIN, Ky. (Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020) — With the Breeders’ Cup World Championships less than a month away, horses coming out of races at Kentucky...