A record $7.5 million will be offered over the course of five days of racing during this year's all-turf meeting at Kentucky Downs. Racing will begin Sept. 5 and continues Sept. 10, 12, 16 and 19. The marquee event of the meet is the $600,000 GIII Kentucky Turf Cup Sept. 12, one of a dozen added-money events and a potential steppingstone to the GI Breeders' Cup Turf the following month. Overnight races will offer $120,000 for maiden special weight races and up to $130,000 for allowance heats. “This will be a very exciting Fall in Kentucky, with record purses at Kentucky Downs and the Breeders' Cup coming to Keeneland,” said Kentucky Downs President Corey Johnsen. “We have designed our stakes schedule to complement the Keeneland Breeders' Cup meeting and with an average of $1.5 million in daily purses and KTDF, this will be our greatest season ever.”
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