The new Polytrack surface will gets its first exposure to a Northern Kentucky
winter when Turfway Park begins its 20th annual Holiday Meet on Sunday. The
25-day meet continues through December 31 with Mondays and Tuesdays dark. The
track will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and open December 26 and
27. Post time is 5:30 p.m. (EST) weekdays, 1:10 p.m. weekends, and 1:10 p.m.
from December 26-31.
Turfway Park’s Holiday Meet will offer five stakes races, each with a $50,000
purse, beginning with the Holiday Inaugural S. on December 3. The six-furlong
filly and mare test will be followed by the My Charmer S. on December 10, the
Prairie Bayou S. on December 17, the Gowell S. on December 26, and the Holiday
Cheer S. on closing day.
Other highlights include Turfway’s only qualifier for the National
Handicapping Championship on December 4, and the traditional calendar giveaway on
New Year’s Eve.