Horse Racing

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Before Wise Dan returns to action next Friday, April 12, in the Grade 1 Maker’s 46 Mile, fans will have to suffer through a week of what Keeneland marketers long have touted as “Racing As It Was Meant to Be.”

The 16-day meet starts Friday with an assortment of ridiculously good races, ranging from a maiden turf route replete with blue-blood pedigrees (race 6) to an impossible-to-handicap Polytrack sprint allowance sprint (race 8) to an extremely deep 25th running of the Grade 3 Transylvania Stakes (race 9). All drew large fields as linchpins in a terrific 10-race opener, which incorporates the Transylvania into a late pick-four wager (races 7-10) with a $200,000 pool guarantee sponsored by TVG.

“We anticipate the horsemen’s response being fantastic once again,” said Rogers Beasley, longtime director of racing at Keeneland. “One of the main reasons they enjoy coming here so much is the way the fans embrace racing. The horsemen have a real appreciation for that.”

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