Blue Grass Stakes

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The Blue Grass Stakes is a prominent American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, traditionally serving as a key prep race for the Kentucky Derby.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Thoroughbred horse race
ageRestriction 3 years old
approximatePurse $1,000,000 (recent years)
breed Thoroughbred
city Lexington, Kentucky NERFINISHED
class Grade I
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distance 1⅛ miles
9 furlongs
eligibilityCondition Assigned weights
hasAssociationWith Road to the Kentucky Derby points system
hasAudienceType Horse racing fans
hasHistoricalSignificance Produced multiple Kentucky Derby winners
hasMinimumAgeOfHorses 3
hasRaceClass Stakes race
hasRacingSurfaceHistory Dirt (current)
Polytrack (historical) NERFINISHED
hasRegionType Bluegrass region NERFINISHED
hasVenueType Racecourse
inaugurated 1911
isAnnual true
isHeldAt Keeneland spring meet NERFINISHED
isImportantFor Kentucky Derby betting markets
isMajorPrepFor Kentucky Derby NERFINISHED
isOpenTo Registered Thoroughbreds
languageOfOfficialInformation English
location Keeneland Race Course NERFINISHED
namedAfter Bluegrass region of Kentucky NERFINISHED
notableRole Key indicator of Kentucky Derby contenders
organizer Keeneland Association NERFINISHED
partOf American Triple Crown prep season NERFINISHED
qualification Three-year-olds
raceCategory North American Grade I race
raceClassificationBody American Graded Stakes Committee NERFINISHED
raceGrade Grade I
raceType Flat racing
region North America
sexRestriction Open to colts, geldings, and fillies
sport Horse racing
state Kentucky
surface Dirt
timingRelativeToDerby Held weeks before Kentucky Derby
trackDirection Left-handed
typicalMonthHeld April
typicalTrack Oval track

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Keeneland Race Course hasRace Blue Grass Stakes