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36H x 54W - BLUEGRASS 2006 01 - Sinister Minister -  SMALL.jpeg
Sinister Minister dominates 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 lengths - one of the most definitive margins in the…

Keeneland Library Meadors Collection - Ramon Cerda on Northern Dancer working out at Keeneland April 16 1964.jpg
1964 Champion Three-Year-Old Colt, 1964 Canadian Horse of the Year, and future influential sire and Hall of Famer Northern Dancer works on the dirt at Keeneland under Ramon Cerda. He went on to claim the Blue Grass Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Preakness…

Casey Laughter - Tapit Trice, Luis Saez up, wins the 99th Blue Grass Stakes in 2023.jpg
Tapit Trice 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, 2008, 2015, 2023). Tapit…

Megan Devine-Coady - Coady Photography - Essential Quality, Luis Saez up, in 2021 Blue Grass Stakes.jpg
Luis Saez earns 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 with Brody’s Cause in…

Keeneland Association - Art Collector, Brian Hernandez Jr. up, wins 2020 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes.jpg
Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. celebrates his first Toyota Blue Grass Stakes win aboard 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…

Coady Photography - Dance with Fate, Corey Nakatani up, Toyota Blue Grass Stakes April 12.2014.jpg
Hall of Fame jockey Corey Nakatani aboard Dance With Fate after their win in the 2014 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes.

Dance With Fate’s victory in the 90th renewal of the Blue Grass gave Nakatani and trainer Peter Eurton their first wins in Keeneland…

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 from four starts and marked Prat’s first Blue Grass victory.

Bred by Brereton Jones, Zandon was trained by Chad Brown and campaigned by…

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Early surge of the 11-horse field in the 2022 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland.

Zandon, trained by Chad Brown and piloted by Flavien Prat, went on to claim the Triple Crown prep race by 2 1/2 lengths. The Upstart colt finished third in his…

Rick Samuels - Essential Quality, Luis Saez up, wins the 98th Blue Grass Stakes in 2021.jpg
Heavily favored approaching the 2021 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes, Essential Quality holds Highly Motivated at bay to claim the victory. Ranked second by North American earnings in 2021, Essential Quality prevailed by a neck in the 97th running of the…

Heather C. Jackson - Good Magic, Jose Ortiz up, 2018 Blue Grass Stakes.jpg
On a cold April morning at Keeneland, heavy favorite Good Magic comes out strong and scores in the 2018 renewal of the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes.

Trained by Chad Brown, the win was the colt’s first after an impressive run in the Breeders’ Cup…
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