The purses offered at Kentucky Downs are nothing short of mind boggling. $150,000 for a Maiden race. Saturday has three stakes races offering million dollar purses. The field sizes reflect the large purses. All of the designated amount of slots money accumulated during the year and paid out in purses over a very short meeting can do that.
It a very difficult track to handicap, but I'm all for it.
As an aside, I noticed that Red Knight has been entered in the Kentucky Turf Cup on Saturday. He's been in training for 6 years now, specializing in long distance turf races. His owners are hoping for him to achieve the $1 million mark of career earnings before he is retired, and he currently stands at $893,000. A good performance in this race could put him over the goal, but he is up against some very tough competition in Gufo, Arklow and Temple among others.
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