Keeneland has increased the value of 16 stakes to be run during the 2025 Spring Meet – led by a $250,000 boost to the season’s signature Toyota Blue Grass (G1) to $1.25 million – and will award a meet ...

The 2025 spring horse racing meet at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington will be the track’s richest April ever. Keeneland announced Tuesday that it’s increasing the value for 16 of the month ...

With the season's signature GI Toyota Blue Grass Stakes leading the way with an all-time high purse of $1.25 million, the stakes schedule for Keeneland's Spring Meet will be worth a record $9.4 ...

Keeneland Race Course is projecting overall purses for the upcoming April meet to increase in the range of 10-12%, with maiden special weight (MSW) purses for 3-year-olds and up rising to $110,000 ...

Ian Wilkes doesn't rush his young horses. You won't seem them running in 4 1/2-furlong races at Keeneland in the spring and they may not peak until late in their 3-year-old year or even early in their ...

Longtime Kentucky horseman James E. “Ted” Bassett III, known internationally as an ambassador for the state and the industry, ...

James "Ted" Bassett III, who served as president of Keeneland for 16 years, died Thursday at his Lexington home at the age of 103.