Lexington, KY - The eagerly anticipated Red Mile Grand Circuit meet
kicks off with a ten race card on the evening of Thursday, September 28, post
time is 7:00 p.m.
Freshman trotting colts will kick off the action when 41 of them
spread over five divisions of the Bluegrass Stakes sponsored by Hickory Lane Horse Farms
heralding their trotting stallion Uncle Peter, whose first crop offering rewrote
the record books at the recently concluded Ohio Select Yearling sale.
Among the Bluegrass entrants are Peter Haughton
Memorial winner You Know You Do, PASS champ Fashionwoodchopper, NYSS stalwart
Fourth Dimension and NJSS final winner U Need Stones.
The top names in the game, both human and equine, will converge on
Lexington to compete for more than $5 million in purses during the two week
Grand Circuit meet over the famed red clay.
Racing is
live at The Red Mile Thursday through Saturday at 7:00 p.m., switches to a
1:00 p.m. post on Sunday then resumes with matinee racing October 5 through 8.
The Lexington
Selected Yearling Sale gets underway on Tuesday, October 3 at 7:00 p.m. and
will continue through Saturday evening with more than 600 royally bred
yearlings consigned.
The Red Mile Clubhouse will be open for dining each day during the
Grand Circuit meet and you may reserve a table by dialing (859) 255-0752.
A more detailed preview of Thursday's races will be released on
Tuesday after the program has been made final.
