Saez, Maker Score Stakes Double at Turfway Park
The team of trainer Mike Maker and jockey Luis Saez combined to win two stakes on the Turfway Park Synthetic Championships day card Dec. 14 with Dana's Beauty and Paros.
The team of trainer Mike Maker and jockey Luis Saez combined to win two stakes on the Turfway Park Synthetic Championships day card Dec. 14 with Dana's Beauty and Paros.
Trainer Kelsey Danner will be aiming to build on an already career-best year during Turfway Park's Synthetic Championships Dec. 14 where her stable will be represented in two of the evening's featured stakes.
Thirty years after introducing the Kentucky Cup, which eventually fell out of favor when overshadowed by richer races, Turfway Park is launching another lucrative day of racing on Dec. 14—the Turfway Park Synthetic Championships.
Horseplayers have a shot at big prizes and prestige in the Turfway Park Handicapping Championship, set for Dec. 14 on TwinSpires.com.
Turfway Park's Holiday Meet, running through Dec. 29, boasts record-setting purses fueled by support from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund. Owners, trainers, and jockeys will compete for more than $7 million in purses across the meet.
Turfway Park's 2024-25 stakes schedule features 24 races worth $4.9 million in purses, highlighted by the $700,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) March 22 and the debut of the Turfway Park Synthetic Championships, featuring $1 million in purse money Dec. 14.
Turfway Park Racing & Gaming concluded its memorable 50-day winter/spring meet March 30, boasting a solid 17.1% increase in all-sources handle and awarding competitors $18.8 million in prize money.
Full of Run Racing II and Madaket Stables' Alpine Princess ships into Turfway Park with the hopes of solidifying herself as a legit contender for the May 3 Kentucky Oaks (G1) in the March 23 $300,000 Bourbonette Oaks.
Fair Grounds and Turfway Park will team up March 23 to offer bettors a special $1 Pick 5. The Pick 5 features an all-stakes sequence led by the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2) and $700,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3).
Officials from Turfway Park Racing & Gaming announced the track will again be open for year-round training, with summer stall applications due March 15.