$3 Million Nashville Derby At Kentucky Downs Offers Huge Opportunities

The Nashville Derby, taking place on September 5 at Kentucky Downs, offers a $3 million purse, making it the second-highest paying race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, behind only the Kentucky Derby. According to Forbes, the race features a highly competitive field of 12 horses.

The event, previously known as the Dueling Grounds Derby, was renamed in 2024. Yahoo Sports reports that it has attracted horses from around the world, including European-based horses, which have won the previous two runnings of the race. The Irish-bred horse, Causeway, is the morning line favorite in its first start in the United States.

The Nashville Derby is scheduled to take place at 4:36 pm central, with television coverage provided by NBC. Yahoo Sports notes that the race will be run over the Kentucky Downs grass course, a mile and five sixteenths.

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