Opened
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October 15, 1936
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Last Race Date
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Still in Operation
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Racing Type
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Thoroughbred
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Abbreviation
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Kee
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Purse Value Index
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54
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Signature Race
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Blue Grass Stakes (GI)
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- 10/15/1936 Opens for racing.
- 04/25/1938 The first Keeneland sale is held.
- 00/00/1953 Grandstand is expanded, finish line moved to lengthen stretch.
- 10/11/1984 Queen Elizabeth II attends Keeneland for a day of racing.
- 03/15/1986 Keeneland is designated a National Historic Landmark.
- 04/01/1997 Keeneland uses a track announcer for the first time in it's history.
- 04/16/2005 Race goers wager $3,599,645 to establish on track handle record .
- 10/06/2006 Keeneland becomes the third track in history to install a Polytrack racing surface.
- 04/21/2007 A record crowd of 33,821 attend the races on this date.