With three weeks remaining in the 2021 horse racing season in Colorado at Bally's Arapahoe Park, racetrack management has announced that all overnight purses will be increased for the third time this season, and the purses for two of the track's marquee Thoroughbred stakes races will be raised as well.
All overnight races will have their purses raised by $2,000 each starting with the racing program on September 29. In addition, the purse for the Gold Rush Futurity for 2-year-olds over 6 furlongs that will take place on closing day, Saturday, October 16, will see its purse increased from $35,000 to $100,000. The Butch Gleason Classic for older horses at 1 1/8 miles that will also be run on closing day will now be a $50,000 race, having been increased from $20,000. Nominations for those two stakes races will close on Thursday, October 7.
Racing for the remainder of the 2021 season will take place on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, as well as a special closing day Saturday card on October 16. First post time each day will be at 1 p.m.
This week will feature the return to Colorado of three-time Darley Award Horse of the Year Paddys Day in Thursday's Emirates Breeders VIP Stakes. Paddys Day, now 10 years old, debuted at Bally's Arapahoe Park in 2014 and has since gone on to win 22 stakes races at 12 racetracks in seven U.S. states, as well as the United Arab Emirates.
This Friday will be the Colorado Day of Champions run in association with the Colorado Thoroughbred Breeders Association with five stakes races for Colorado-breds, as well as an open allowance race at the end of the card featuring eight-time Arapahoe stakes winner Collusionist.
There will be a horse sale presented by Vaughn Long, Auctioneers, LLC for weanlings, yearlings, horses of racing age, and breeding stock on Friday, October 8.
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