Base weights with allowances: 4-year-olds and up: 126 lbs. 3-year-olds: 122 lbs.
Purse
US$1,700,000 (since 2023)
Bonuses
Winner automatic entry into Breeders' Cup Turf
The Kentucky Turf Cup is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older, over a distance of 1+1⁄2 miles on the turf, held annually in September at Kentucky Downs racetrack in Franklin, Kentucky, during their short turf meeting. The event currently carries a purse of $1,7000,000, which includes $400,000 from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund.
The KentuckyTurfCup is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older, over a distance of 1+1⁄2 miles on the turf, held annually...
following important events held at Kentucky Downs. Grade II KentuckyTurfCupKentucky Downs Turf Sprint Stakes Kentucky Downs Ladies Sprint Stakes Grade...
raced as the KentuckyCupTurf Dash Stakes as part of the KentuckyCup. The event was not held in 2011 and the event renamed in 2016 to the Turf Sprint Stakes...
The Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes, raced as the Castle Hill Gaming Ladies Turf Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and...
drop-in pitch will be replaced by an artificial turf version. The venue will be overseen by T20 World Cup USA—the host committee representing matches hosted...
in Lexington, Kentucky during the fall meeting. The inaugural running of the event was on 11 October 1986 as the Keeneland Breeders' Cup Stakes at a distance...
downgraded from Grade II to Grade III In 2024 the Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational was upgraded to Grade II Originally the Southwest...
Derby GIII Riyadh Dirt Sprint GIII 1351 Turf Sprint GII Neom TurfCup GII Red Sea Turf Handicap GIII Saudi Cup GI The festival is accompanied by cultural...
The Commonwealth TurfCup is an American Thoroughbred horse race held each year since 2015 at Laurel Park in Laurel, Maryland. It was previously known...
Elkhorn Stakes, John B. Connally TurfCup, American St. Leger Stakes, Belmont Gold Cup Invitational, KentuckyTurfCup Stakes (twice) Richard's Kid- Winner...
behind the Breeders' CupTurf. The original name of the event, the Dueling Grounds Derby, reflected the former name of Kentucky Downs. The track formerly...
Maryland Hunt Cup and the Grand National John Henry: U.S. Champion Turf Horse (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984) Johnstown: winner of the 1939 Kentucky Derby and Belmont...
Caravaggio – 2016 Phoenix Stakes, 2017 Commonwealth Cup Mendelssohn – 2017 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Il Campione (Chi) – Chilean Horse of the Year. 2014...
Chaparral, the latter horse also winning the Irish Derby and the Breeders' CupTurf. Tabor won the Derby again, with Pour Moi in 2011 and with Camelot in 2012...
Breeders' CupTurf Sprint in 2017 and 2018. He was named the American Champion Turf Horse of 2018. Stormy Liberal is a bay gelding who was bred in Kentucky by...
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