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It will be a gloomy day with scattered showers lingering across the area today. It's also much cooler with afternoon temps in the 40s and lower 50s.

The Maker’s Mark Bourbon Keeneland bottle will go on sale across Kentucky on the opening day of the race track’s Spring Meet, April 7.

Trainer Mark Casse said: "I see a similar scenario where she will give her best effort in the Ashland. I expect her to win.”

Bourbon collectors and horse racing lovers will soon be able to purchase this year’s collector’s bottle of Maker’s Mark celebrating Keeneland.

Turfway Park Racing & Gaming’s memorable 48-day Winter/Spring Meet concluded Saturday with a 62% gain in all-sources handle and 43% increase in purse money awarded. In total, more than $145 mil

The program for opening day, which is headlined by the $600,000 Central Bank Ashland (G1), is expected to be available online for download on Wednesday.

Horses will remain stabled at Turfway Park throughout the spring and summer. Racing is set to resume on Wednesday, November 29.

Following Saturday’s closure of the 49-day Winter/Spring Meet at Turfway Park, jockey Walter Rodriguez, trainer Wesley Ward, and owner Roy Jackson’s Lael Stables were awarded with  respective meet-leading titles.

Hoolie Racing Stable’s stakes-winning 3-year-old Somebody’s Problem is set to make her first start of the year against 11 rivals that entered Saturday’s second running of the $125,000 Serena’s

Locals drink mint juleps on Derby and Lilys at the Oaks. As Churchill Downs expands its week of Kentucky Derby celebrations, heres what to know.