Turfway Park will offer 19 stakes races worth $3.725 million during its upcoming Winter/Spring Meet. The 52-day meeting is headlined by the $700,000 GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks, which will be run Mar. 23. Supporting races on the card include the $300,000 TwinSpires Kentucky Cup Classic, the $300,000 Bourbonette Oaks–a Road to the Kentucky Oaks Championship Series Race–the $250,000 Animal Kingdom S., the $250,000 Latonia S., and the $250,000 Rushaway S.
The Road to the Kentucky Derby's first stop at the Florence oval will be Mar. 2 for the $150,000 John Battaglia Memorial S. One day prior, fillies on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks will be in action for the $150,000 Cincinnati Trophy S.
Another spotlight race will be the 26th running of the Jan. 13, $125,000 Likely Exchange S., which will mark the final opportunity in the “Make Your Mare” series, in partnership with Claiborne Farm. The top three finishers of the race will receive $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 in credits towards a future stallion mating at the farm.
Live racing during the Winter/Spring meet will be conducted Wednesday through Saturday with daily first posts of 5:55 p.m., except Jeff Ruby Steaks Day, which will start at 12:45 p.m.
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