'Keeneland at Home' to be Available for Summer Meet
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Horses leave the gate during the 2019 fall meet at Keeneland
Keeneland unveiled Keeneland at Home Presented by Central Bank June 29, which offers a variety of avenues for fans to remotely enjoy the track's five-day summer meet, to be held July 8-12.
The season, which accommodates a portion of the 16-day spring meet that Keeneland was forced to cancel due to the COVID-19 outbreak, will be held without fans.
"Fans flock to Keeneland during our race meets, and we will miss seeing thousands of faces in the stands for the summer meet, but we look forward to delivering their favorite race-day traditions so they can hold watch parties at home and enjoy Keeneland," the track's president and CEO Bill Thomason said. "From recipes for Keeneland's favorite foods and drinks such as Maker's Mark Bread Pudding, Keeneland Burgoo, and the Keeneland Breeze to details about our daily programming and wagering opportunities, Keeneland has curated a selection of ways to safely enjoy the races at home."
New to the race-day broadcast lineup for the summer meet is "Keeneland at Home Presented by Central Bank," a 30-minute pre-game show on Facebook Live, YouTube, and Periscope at 12:15 p.m. ET. Hosted by Christina Blacker, the program will feature a number of race-day experiences to kick off your at-home watch party, including lessons in BETology, libations prepared by Maker's Mark, handicapping picks from Equibase's Ellis Starr, and more.
"Central Bank is excited to be involved with Keeneland at Home, a unique opportunity to make everything we love about Keeneland accessible to people regardless of where they are so they can experience the summer meet at home," Central Bank chairman, president, and CEO Luther Deaton Jr. said. "This program is the latest chapter in Central Bank's long-standing relationship with Keeneland, which, of course, includes sponsorship of the historic Ashland (G1) for 3-year-old fillies. When the Ashland was moved from April 4 to July 11 during the summer meet, Central Bank's presentation of Keeneland at Home became a natural partnership."