Bluegrass Stakes

Bluegrass Stakes
Location Lexington, Kentucky
Inaugurated 1975
Race type Harness race for standardbred trotters
Website Red Mile
Race information
Distance 1 mile
(1,609 metres or 8 furlongs)
Surface Dirt, 1 mile oval
Track The Red Mile
Qualification Two-year-old colts & geldings
Purse $330,000 (2016)

The Bluegrass Stakes is a Standardbred harness race for two-year-old colt and gelding trotters run annually over the The Red Mile at Lexington, Kentucky. Due to a large number of entrants, the 2016 race was divided into five divisions, each with a purse of $66,000.[1]

The is also a Bluegrass Stakes for two-year-old trotting fillies.

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