Red Mile Grand Circuit begins on Thursday
September 25, 2017,from Red Mile
Lexington, KY — The eagerly anticipated Red Mile Grand Circuit meet kicks off with a 10-race card on the evening of Thursday (Sept. 28). Post time is 7 p.m.
Freshman trotting colts will kick off the action with 41 of them spread over five divisions of the Bluegrass Stakes sponsored by Hickory Lane Horse Farm, heralding their trotting stallion Uncle Peter, whose first crop offering rewrote the record books at the recently concluded Ohio Selected Jug Sale.
Among the Bluegrass entrants are Peter Haughton Memorial winner You Know You Do, Pennsylvania Sire Stakes champion Fashionwoodchopper, New York Sire Stakes stalwart Fourth Dimension and New Jersey Sire Stakes final winner U Need Stones.
The top names in the game, both human and equine, will converge on Lexington to compete for more than $5 million in purses during the two week Grand Circuit meet over the famed red clay.
Racing is live at The Red Mile Thursday through Saturday at 7 p.m., switches to a 1 p.m. post on Sunday, then resumes with matinee racing Oct. 5 through 8.
The Lexington Selected Yearling Sale gets underway on Tuesday (Oct. 3) at 7 p.m. and will continue through Saturday evening with more than 600 royally bred yearlings consigned.
The Red Mile Clubhouse will be open for dining each day during the Grand Circuit meet and you may reserve a table by dialing 859.255.0752.
A more detailed preview of Thursday’s races will be released on Tuesday after the program has been made final.
- You Know You Do leads 41 in Bluegrass opener (Tuesday, September 26, 2017)
Peter Haughton Memorial winner You Know You Do will start from post one in the first of five divisions of the $366,000 Bluegrass 2-year-old colt and gelding trot, presented by Hickory Lane Horse Farm and named for their stallion Uncle Peter, on the first day of the Grand Circuit at Red Mile Thursday (Sept. 28).
- Red Mile opens up this weekend’s Grand Circuit action (Wednesday, September 27, 2017)
Grand Circuit action kicks off on Thursday (Sept. 28) at Red Mile with five divisions in the $366,000 Bluegrass for 2-year-old colt trotters.