Keeneland will open ticket sales for its 2025 spring meet, to be held April 4-25, on Feb. 18 at 9 a.m. ET. A variety of ticket options for dining, grandstand reserved seating, and general admission will be available. All tickets must be purchased in advance via Keeneland's official online ticket office at tickets.Keeneland.com/racing.
The 15-day Spring Meet features racing Wednesdays through Sundays with a daily first post of 1 p.m., except closing day, Friday, April 25, when the first race is 12:30 p.m. There will be no racing on Sunday, April 20, in observance of the Easter holiday.
Keeneland has increased the value of 16 stakes and will award a record $9.4 million in total purses across 19 stakes this spring. The Blue Grass Stakes (G1) has received a $250,000 purse increase, bringing its total value to $1.25 million. Other purse increases include $150,000 for the Ashland (G1), now worth $750,000, and $200,000 for the Transylvania Stakes (G3T), which becomes a $600,000 race.
The 101st running of the Blue Grass Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on opening Saturday, April 5, and the 88th running of the Ashland at 1 1/16 miles, run the day before on opening day of the meet, are key springtime races on the dirt for 3-year-olds.
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