Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted Monday at 03:37 PM Journalists Posted Monday at 03:37 PM Stakes purses at Ellis Park will reach a record number this summer with an expected $4-million available across 18 races during the 25-day meeting, it was announced via press release. With the season set to begin July 3, the stakes lineup is led by the $400,000 GIII Pucker Up Stakes, one of seven races on Kentucky Downs Preview Weekend Aug. 2-3, and will also include the $300,000 Listed Ellis Park Derby and the $200,000 Listed Groupie Doll Stakes the weekend of Aug. 10. Those two contests lead a six-stakes lineup that Sunday. Racing will begin on a Thursday-Sunday schedule before shifting to a Saturday-Monday format July 13 to Aug. 18, and the meet will conclude with a Friday-Sunday series of cards Aug. 22-24. The full-stakes calendar is below. All purses include funds from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund. Friday, July 4: $150,000 Dade Park Dash Sunday, July 6: $150,000 Pea Patch Sunday, July 20: $150,000 Jeff Hall Memorial Monday, July 21: $150,000 Twin Bridges Saturday, Aug. 2: $250,000 KY Downs Preview Mint Millions Turf Mile $250,000 KY Downs Preview Ladies Turf Sprint $250,000 KY Downs Preview Nashville Derby Saturday, Aug. 3: $400,000 GIII Pucker Up $300,000 KY Downs Preview Turf Cup $250,000 KY Downs Preview Turf Sprint $250,000 KY Downs Preview Ladies Turf Mile Sunday, Aug. 10: $300,000 Ellis Park Derby $200,000 Groupie Doll $200,000 Ellis Park Juvenile $200,000 Ellis Park Debutante $200,000 Audubon Oaks $200,000 R. A. “Cowboy” Jones Memorial Sunday, Aug. 24: $150,000 Ellis Park Turf Stakes The post Ellis Park Stakes Schedule Features Record Purse Distribution Across Eighteen Races appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article Quote
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