(Final Gambit won the 2025 Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway Park / Photo by Coady Media)

From the Turfway Park Media Team / Kevin Kerstein:

$777,000 JEFF RUBY STEAKS HEADLINES TURFWAY PARK’S

WINTER/SPRING MEET STAKES SCHEDULE

FLORENCE, Ky. (Monday, Nov. 17, 2025) – A total of 20 stakes worth $3.977 million will highlight Turfway Park Racing & Gaming’s Winter/Spring Meet, anchored once again by the 55th running of the $777,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (Grade III) – a Championship Series race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby – on Saturday, March 21.

The Winter/Spring Meet, which runs Jan. 1 through March 28, follows the Holiday Meet from Dec. 3–27. The Holiday Meet features seven stakes led by Synthetic Championships Night on Saturday, Dec. 13, offering $1 million across four stakes races. All stakes purses at both meets include contributions from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund. Combined, the Holiday and Winter/Spring meets will offer $5.352 million in stakes purses.

Jeff Ruby Steaks Day on Saturday, March 21 will showcase six stakes contests, including the $300,000 TwinSpires Kentucky Cup Classic (GIII) and the $300,000 Bourbonette Oaks (Listed), a Championship Series race on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. The supporting stakes on the card include the $250,000 Latonia (Listed), the $250,000 Animal Kingdom and $250,000 Rushaway.

Other notable events during the Winter/Spring Meet include the $175,000 John Battaglia Memorial (Listed) on Saturday, Feb. 21 – a Prep Season race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby – and the $175,000 Cincinnati Trophy, one night earlier, on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks.

Daily first post times, aside from Jeff Ruby Steaks Day, will be 5:55 p.m. (all times Eastern). Jeff Ruby Steaks Day will get underway at 12:45 p.m.

The complete Winter/Spring Meet stakes schedule is below:

Date Race Purse Age Distance Grade
Thursday, Jan. 1 The Gowell Stakes $125,000 3yo (f) 6 F BT
Saturday, Jan. 3 The Turfway Prevue $125,000 3yo 6 ½ F BT
Saturday, Jan. 10 The Likely Exchange $125,000 4yo and up (F&M) 1 M BT
Saturday, Jan. 17 The Leonatus Stakes $125,000 3yo 1 M BT
Saturday, Jan. 24 The Wishing Well $125,000 4yo and up (F&M) 6 ½ F BT
Saturday, Jan. 31 The Forego $125,000 4yo and up 6 ½ F BT
Saturday, Feb. 7 The Valdale $125,000 3yo (f) 6 ½ F BT
Saturday, Feb. 14 The Dust Commander $125,000 4yo and up 1 1/16 M BT
Friday, Feb. 20 The Cincinnati Trophy $175,000 3yo (f) 1 M BT
Saturday, Feb. 21 The John Battaglia Memorial $175,000 3yo 1 1/16 M Listed
Saturday, Feb. 28 The Wintergreen $125,000 4yo and up (F&M) 1 M BT
Saturday, March 7 The Big Daddy $125,000 4yo and up 6 F BT
Saturday, March 14 The Queen $125,000 4yo and up (F&M) 6 F BT
Saturday, March  21 The Jeff Ruby Steaks $777,000 3yo 1 1/8 M Grade III
Saturday, March  21 The Bourbonette Oaks $300,000 3yo (f) 1 1/16 M Listed
Saturday, March  21 The TwinSpires Ky Cup Classic $300,000 4yo and up 1 1/8 M Grade III
Saturday, March  21 The Animal Kingdom $250,000 3yo 6 F BT
Saturday, March  21 The Latonia Stakes $250,000 4yo and up (F&M) 1 1/16 M Listed
Saturday, March  21 The Rushaway $250,000 3yo 1 1/16 M BT
Saturday, March 28 The Serena’s Song $125,000 3yo (f) 6 F BT

For more information about the upcoming racing season, visit www.turfway.com.