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Nominations For Derby Week Stakes At Churchill Downs Close Saturday Sponsored by:
Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.
All Kentucky Derby Week stakes nominations at Churchill Downs, including the second closing of the $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (Grade 1) and $1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (G1), close Saturday.
The second closing of the April 30 Longines Kentucky Oaks costs $1,500 while the Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic is a $1,000 payment. All stakes nominations can be made by contacting Churchill Downs assistant racing secretary and stakes coordinator Dan Bork at [email protected] or call (502) 638-3806.
A total of 18 stakes events are scheduled to be run Kentucky Derby Week led by the $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) on Saturday, May 1. There are six graded stakes events on the undercard of the Derby: the Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic, the $500,000 Derby City Distaff presented by Kendall-Jackson Winery (G
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The Twin Spires of Churchill Downs
Led by America s greatest race, the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 1, Churchill Downs will present 40 stakes races cumulatively worth a record $13.44 million during its 38-day Spring Meet that runs April 24-June 26.
Derby Week (April 24-May 1) kicks off the nine-week 147
th Spring Meet in style with 18 stakes events that total a record $10.14 million over the six-day stretch, culminating with the 147
th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade 1) for 3-year-olds at 1 ¼ miles.
Half of the 14 races on Derby Day are stakes races, including four Grade 1 events: the Derby; $1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic; $500,000 Churchill Downs presented by Ford and $500,000 Derby City Distaff. There also will be a trio of Grade 2 events: the $500,000 Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile; $500,000 Pat Day Mile presented by LG&E and KU; and $500,000 American Turf.