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Keeneland Race Course
Published or Updated April 1, 2019
Location: United States
Sport: Horse Racing
Level: Professional
Sport: Horse Racing
Level: Professional
Event Type: Venue
First Held: 1936
Next Up: 4/4/2019-4/26/2019
First Held: 1936
Next Up: 4/4/2019-4/26/2019
When and Where: every April and October in Lexington, KY

Located just outside of Lexington, Kentucky, set amidst the rolling hills of the bluegrass state’s horse country is Keeneland, the marketplace, reference library, and nexus of horseracing on the American continent.
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2009 - In 2009, the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating system for 65 Thoroughbred racetracks in North America. Of the top ten, Keeneland was ranked #1.
Most of the racing scenes of the 2003 movie Seabiscuit were shot at Keeneland because its appearance has changed relatively little in the last several decades.
The track has a one and one-sixteenth mile (1710 m) Polytrack oval and a seven and one-half furlong (1509 m) turf oval. The Polytrack surface was added between the 2006 April and October meetings.
In the thoroughbred racing world, Keeneland is equally famous for its other sideラits sales operation. It holds four (previously five) annual horse auctions that attract buyers worldwide. Keeneland Association, Inc.