Some of the important races are Blue Grass Stakes, Turf Mile Stakes, Breeders' Futurity, Ashland Stakes, Raven Run Stakes, Bewitch Stakes, Phoenix Stakes, Jessamine County Stakes and Warfield Stakes. An old horse track for racing is situated in Ashland as well. Keeneland boasts of its long intimate relationship with some renowned horse racers and obviously with some diehard fans of horse racings. This is the perfect destination place for the lovers of horse racing. This place is so popular that the shooting of the famous movie “Seabiscuit” has taken place in Keeneland. The race courses of Keeneland have under gone some revamps but despite of this renovation, the mesmerizing appearance has not changed at all. The race course of Keeneland has 1509 meters turf oval and 1710 meters Polytrack oval. This features helped Keeneland to conduct some famous fall race meets. The polyrock surfaced was integrated to conduct for the fall race meeting in 2006. This is one of the conspicuous changes that had ever been witnessed by Keeneland. Though Keeneland organized several horse racings through out the year, Fall race meeting is one of the major attractions of this place because some renowned horsemen from all around the globe congregate here to participate in this prestigious horse racing.

The state of the art facilities, Best Pad Safety Solutions and other world class amenities helped Keeneland to become an emblem in horse racing arena. This is obviously the perfect destination place for watching Thoroughbred racing. It was the earnest endeavor of Jack Keene, who was a reputed Thoroughbred trainer, which made it possible for this place to garner favorable feedbacks from the fans. Keeneland is the world first horse racing track that was not build for accumulating profits. Actually, Jack Keene tried to patronize this sport and his contribution helped this sport in various ways. One should not forget the contribution of Headley who became the president of “Keeneland Association”. The aluminum rail was installed in lieu of traditional wooden railing first in Keeneland. Approximately $5,000 was invested for this purpose. It was in the early part of 1940s, horse sale began to take place in Keeneland. Over the years this has become popular and now Keeneland clutches the top position in the Thoroughbred auctions. Therefore, if a person wants to enjoy the thrill of horse racing, he needs to visit Keeneland for experiencing an international standard of horse racing.