Kentucky creates biggest ever Standardbred race day

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Hambletonian Society and the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission have announced the creation of a $3 million race day.

It will all take place on Sunday, September 29th, 2019, and will include Kentucky’s first-ever $1 million race in The Red Mile Million for Standardbreds.

“The Red Mile Million is intended to attract the world’s best two-year-old trotters to Lexington to compete at the historic Red Mile and highlight the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Day as part of The Grand Circuit meet in 2019,” said Joe Costa, the track’s President.

The Red Mile with The Red Mile Million and eight $250,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship races will be the second richest race day in the Commonwealth, trailing only The Kentucky Derby Day.

The Red Mile will take place over a seven-week period starting in August 2019 and running until October.