Turfway Park Racing & Gaming has unveiled its 2024-25 stakes schedule, with $4.9 million in purses across 24 races and includes the debut of the Turfway Park Synthetic Championships, according to a release from the track on Wednesday afternoon.
“We're really excited to unveil the stakes calendar for the winter season at Turfway Park, which not only features our marquee Jeff Ruby Steaks Day but also introduces the new Turfway Park Synthetic Championships,” said Gary Palmisano Jr., vice president of racing for Churchill Downs Incorporated. “By adding the Turfway Park Synthetic Championships, we're bringing together four stakes races, worth a combined $1 million, for one premiere night of racing.”
Set for Dec. 14, the Turfway Park Synthetic Championships will feature four $250,000 stakes races: the Prairie Bayou, Holiday Cheer, Holiday Inaugural and My Charmer. These races, which were previously run across four separate weekends, have been combined into one card.
The GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks, part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series, will award qualifying points to the top five finishers on a 100-50-25-15-10 scale.
In total, Jeff Ruby Steaks Day will feature six stakes contests, while the undercard includes the Bourbonette Oaks–a championship series race on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. The other stakes include the GIII TwinSpires Kentucky Cup Classic, Animal Kingdom Stakes, the Latonia Stakes and the Rushaway Stakes.
Turfway Park's season runs from Wednesday, Nov. 27 through Saturday, Mar. 29. The condition book for the Holiday Meet, which spans Nov. 27-Dec. 29, will be available in the coming weeks.
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