Location Lexington, Kentucky Website Red Mile | Inaugurated 1975 Surface Dirt, 1 mile oval | |
Race type Harness race for standardbred trotters Distance 1 mile
(1,609 metres or 8 furlongs) | ||
The Bluegrass Stakes is a Standardbred harness race for two-year-old colt and gelding trotters run annually over the The Red Mile at Lexington, Kentucky. Due to a large number of entrants, the 2016 race was divided into five divisions, each with a purse of $66,000.
There is also a Bluegrass Stakes for two-year-old trotting fillies.
References
Bluegrass Stakes Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA