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36H x 54W - BLUEGRASS 2006 01 - Sinister Minister -  SMALL.jpeg
Sinister Minister, a bay ridgling by Old Trieste out of Sweet Minister, dominated the 2006 running of the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes.

Deftly piloted by Hall of Fame jockey Garrett Gomez through a nine-horse field, Sinister Minister won by 12 3/4…

Keeneland Library Meadors Collection - Ramon Cerda on Northern Dancer working out at Keeneland April 16 1964.jpg
This photo captures 1964 Champion Three-Year-Old Colt, 1964 Canadian Horse of the Year, and future influential sire and Racing Hall of Famer Northern Dancer at Keeneland during a workout under Ramon Cerda before claiming the Blue Grass Stakes,…

Casey Laughter - Tapit Trice, Luis Saez up, wins the 99th Blue Grass Stakes in 2023.jpg
The Tapit colt out of Danzatrice gave jockey Luis Saez his third Blue Grass win and trainer Todd Pletcher his record-breaking fourth victory in the 2023 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes. Pletcher now maintains the most Blue Grass wins by a trainer (2005,…

Megan Devine-Coady - Coady Photography - Essential Quality, Luis Saez up, in 2021 Blue Grass Stakes.jpg
Luis Saez earned his second Toyota Blue Grass Stakes win on then Champion Two-Year-Old Male and future Champion Three-Year-Old Male Essential Quality in the 97th running of the Blue Grass in 2021. The jockey notched his first win on Brody’s Cause in…

Keeneland Association - Art Collector, Brian Hernandez Jr. up, wins 2020 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes.jpg
Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. celebrating his first Toyota Blue Grass Stakes win on Art Collector in 2020. Campaigned by Bruce Lunsford, Art Collector won multiple graded stakes before claiming the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes in 2023. He was…

Coady Photography - Dance with Fate, Corey Nakatani up, Toyota Blue Grass Stakes April 12.2014.jpg
Racing Hall of Fame jockey Corey Nakatani on Dance With Fate after their Toyota Blue Grass Stakes win in 2014. Dance With Fate’s win in the 90th running of the Blue Grass gave Nakatani and trainer Peter Eurton their first wins in Keeneland’s spring…

Rick Samuels - Flavien Pratt celebrates 2022 Blue Grass Stakes win on Zandon.jpg
Flavien Prat celebrates his 2022 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes victory aboard Zandon. The win was the colt’s second in his first four starts and Prat’s first Blue Grass victory.

Bred by Brereton Jones, trained by Chad Brown, and campaigned by Jeffrey…

Nancy Salvo - start of the 2022 Blue Grass Stakes.JPG
Early surge of the 11-horse field in the 2022 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes. Zandon, trained by Chad Brown and piloted by Flavien Prat, would claim the Triple Crown prep race in 2022 before finishing third in his next start at Churchill Downs in the…

Rick Samuels - Essential Quality, Luis Saez up, wins the 98th Blue Grass Stakes in 2021.jpg
Essential Quality contests Highly Motivated (finished second) in the 2021 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes. Ranked second by North American earnings in 2021, Essential Quality prevailed by a neck in the 97th running of the Blue Grass.

Heather C. Jackson - Good Magic, Jose Ortiz up, 2018 Blue Grass Stakes.jpg
Trained by Chad Brown, favored Good Magic came out strong to notch his 2018 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes victory on a cold April morning at Keeneland. The win was the colt’s first after an impressive run in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile that earned him…
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