Runs through Oct. 29
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 3, 2016) â Keeneland’s 2016 Fall Meet begins Friday and runs through Oct. 29.
Racing is highlighted by 17 graded stakes worth $5.275 million, six of them Grade 1 races led by the $1 million Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) on Oct. 8. Eight Fall Meet stakes are Breedersâ Cup Challenge âWin and Youâre Inâ races, which award to the winner an automatic berth in the Breedersâ Cup World Championships, Nov. 4-5 at Santa Anita Park.
Since the inception of the Breedersâ Cup in 1984, the winners of 43 Breedersâ Cup races made their final start before the World Championships during Keenelandâs Fall Meet. The track successfully hosted the Breedersâ Cup for the first time in October 2015.
Fall Stars Weekend, Oct. 7-9, features nine graded stakes, seven of them Breedersâ Cup Challenge races: $400,000 Darley Alcibiades (G1) (a Challenge race for the 14 Hands Winery Juvenile Fillies-G1) and $250,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (G2) (TwinSpires Sprint-G1) on Oct. 7; $1 million Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) (Mile-G1), $500,000 Claiborne Breedersâ Futurity (G1) (Sentient Jet Juvenile-G1) and $250,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) (Filly and Mare Sprint-G1) on Oct. 8; and $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster (G1) (Distaff-G1); and $250,000 Dixiana Bourbon (G3) (Juvenile Turf-G1) on Oct. 9.
The eighth Breedersâ Cup Challenge race is the JPMorgan Chase Jessamine (G3) on Oct. 12, which awards the winner a berth in the Breedersâ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1).
A sixth Grade 1 stakes, the internationally prominent $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Laneâs End for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/8 miles on the turf is scheduled for Oct. 15.
NBC Sports will broadcast from Keeneland during Fall Stars Weekend as part of the âBreedersâ Cup Challenge Win and Youâre In Series presented by Laneâs End Farm and Americaâs Best Racing.â On opening Saturday, NBC will feature the Thoroughbred Club of America, Claiborne Breedersâ Futurity and Shadwell Turf Mile and the next day will present the Juddmonte Spinster and Dixiana Bourbon. Both programs will air 5-6 p.m.
TVG will provide live coverage from Keeneland during the Fall Meet, beginning at 1 p.m. each race day. Additional TVG coverage will air on FOX Sports affiliates including FSN Prime Ticket, Fox Sports San Diego, Fox Sports Sun, Fox Sports Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Sports Network.
Keeneland also offers free live streaming of its races on Keeneland.com.
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