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Sinister Minister wins 2006 Blue Grass
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…
Deftly piloted by Hall of Fame jockey Garrett Gomez through a nine-horse field, Sinister Minister won by 12 3/4…
Northern Dancer works at Keeneland
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,…
Tapit Trice with Luis Saez up
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,…
Art Collector with Brian Hernandez Jr. up
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…
Corey Nakatani aboard Dance With Fate
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…
Flavien Prat celebrates aboard Zandon
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…
Bred by Brereton Jones, trained by Chad Brown, and campaigned by Jeffrey…
Start of 2022 Blue Grass
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…
Essential Quality (outside) duels with Highly Motivated
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.
Strike the Gold wins 1991 Blue Grass
Strike the Gold, Chris Antley up, nearing the finish line to secure the jockey's single Blue Grass Stakes win in 1991. Strike the Gold finished second in the Florida Derby in March before his impressive performance in the Blue Grass, setting the colt…
Pat Day celebrates aboard Summer Squall
Summer Squall, with Racing Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day up, after their 1990 Blue Grass Stakes win.
Sporting Cot Campbell’s Dogwood Stable colors, Summer Squall went undefeated in all five of his starts as a two-year-old. By his three-year-old…
Sporting Cot Campbell’s Dogwood Stable colors, Summer Squall went undefeated in all five of his starts as a two-year-old. By his three-year-old…