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Dance with Fate wins the 2014 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes. (Photos by Eclipse Sportswire)

The $750,000 Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes

April 12, Keeneland

By Shawn Rychling

Dance With Fate (above racing in California) has a big chance in the 2014 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes on Saturday at Keeneland Race Course. (Benoit Photo)

First run in 1911 at the Kentucky Association Track, the Blue Grass Stakes, named for the Bluegrass region of Kentucky, has served as an important Kentucky Derby prep race since establishment. The race is worth 170 points (100-40-20-10) and is a make-or-break race for quite a few horses to even get at shot at the first jewel of the Triple Crown.

Of all the modern-day anachronisms one can find at the race track, the morning-line odds deserve a place near the top of the list. The morning-line odds are the odds printed in the program or in the newspaper alongside the entries in the race. They are set by a track employee, usually a handicapper but not always, and are supposed to represent how that individual believes the betting will ultimately shake out for the race at post time.

Photo by Penelope P. Miller/America's Best Racing

The Turf vs Tech Handicapping Challenge is a public tournament featuring some of the best handicappers from the world of Thoroughbred racing taking on some of the best and brightest from the tech world. Many of racing's new fans are building their own companies or working on the next great mobile app and we thought it would be great to see what happens when they take on established handicappers in some of America's best races. 

We Miss Artie's biggest win came in last year's Dixiana Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland (Photo by Eclipse Sportswire).

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