LEXINGTON, KY (March 31, 2010) – Keeneland officials today announced that former trainer Frank Brothers will join the sales staff as a member of the yearling inspection team. Brothers will replace Dr. A. Gary Lavin, who will be retiring this year after 16 years. “We are delighted to have Frankie on our inspection team,” said [...] Read More.

BEAUTICIAN OPTS FOR CENTRAL BANK ASHLAND OVER FANTASY Peter Callahan’s Beautician returned to Keeneland late Tuesday from Oaklawn Park in Arkansas, where she had spent the past three weeks. “You could flip a coin as to which race is better and this (the Central Bank Ashland) is a Grade 1 and the Fantasy (at Oaklawn) [...] Read More.

College Scholarship Day at Keeneland – Friday, April 2nd College students from across the country will be at Keeneland on opening day April 2 for one of the track’s most popular promotions – College Scholarship Day. Keeneland partners with the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association to host the day. Full-time college students can register to win one [...] Read More.

LEXINGTON, KY. (March 31, 2010) — Nancy Mazzoni’s She Be Wild, champion two-year-old filly of 2009, tops a field of eight 3-year-old fillies entered Wednesday for Saturday’s 73rd running of the Central Bank Ashland Stakes (G1). The 1 1/16-mile Central Bank Ashland, to be run over the main track, is the ninth race on Saturday’s [...] Read More.

BALTIMORE, March 31, 2010—Pimlico Race Course and Susan G. Komen for the Cure(r), the world’s largest breast cancer organization, announced today a partnership to raise funds to aid awareness and research to take place on Black-Eyed Susan Day, Friday, May 14, 2010. Pimlico has pledged to raise a minimum of $100,000 for Komen for the [...] Read More.

Zayat Stables’ Macias, a three-time stakes winner at Santa Anita, and owner-trainer Wesley Ward’s Strike the Tiger, a stakes winner on grass in England and the United States, headline a field of nine 3-year-olds entered Tuesday for Friday’s 22nd running of the $100,000 Transylvania Stakes (G3) at 1 1/16 miles on the turf. The Transylvania [...] Read More.

LEXINGTON, KY (March 30, 2010) – Keeneland opens its spring meeting on Friday, April 2, and will present 15 days of world-class Thoroughbred racing featuring some of the nation’s richest purses, leading trainers and jockeys, and an exciting schedule of special events. Highlighting Keeneland’s 2010 spring season is the 86th running of the Toyota Blue [...] Read More.

LEXINGTON, KY (March 29, 2010) – Keeneland has cataloged 181 horses for its April Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, to be held at 4 p.m. ET Monday, April 5. Buyers have the opportunity to see the juveniles perform under tack during a Preview Show Thursday, April 1, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The April Sale will be [...] Read More.

Fields for Keeneland’s two marquee spring events for 3-year-olds are taking shape with six horses deemed probable for the Toyota Blue Grass (G1) on April 10 and seven fillies considered probable for Saturday’s Central Bank Ashland (G1), according to racing secretary Ben Huffman. Heading the list of Toyota Blue Grass probables is Padua Stables’ Odysseus, [...] Read More.

NEW ORLEANS (Sunday, March 28, 2010) – Arnold Zetcher’s Zardana, the 6-year-old mare who shipped in to defeat reigning Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra in the $200,000 New Orleans Ladies, was named Horse of the Meet at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ 2009-2010 Thoroughbred Racing Season Presented by Miller Lite by a vote [...] Read More.