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ABOUT THE JEFF RUBY STEAKS

The Jeff Ruby Steaks is a Grade III horse race held annually in late March at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. The race is run over a distance of 1 1/8 miles on a synthetic track and has a current purse of $700,000. The race was first held on April 1, 1972, at the Latonia race track, with a distance of 1 mile, and was established by the General Manager of the track, John Battaglia, as a prep race for the Kentucky Derby.

The event was upgraded to Grade III status in 1984 and was upgraded again in 1988 to a Grade II race after the track's renaming to Turfway Park. In the same year, the distance of the race was increased to 1 1⁄8 miles. In 2011 the event was downgraded back to a Grade III. Currently, the event is sponsored by Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment, owner of Jeff Ruby's Steakhouses, and the race is referred to as the Jeff Ruby Steaks (Steaks being a homophone of the word Stakes).




JEFF RUBY STEAKS 2023 RACES

Saturday, March 25, 2023 // Turfway Park

RACE // PURSE TYPE // SURFACE DISTANCE // TIME
Race 1 // $70K Maiden // AW 6 Furlongs // 12:45PM ET
Race 2 // 70K Maiden // AW 1 1/16 Miles // 1:13PM ET
Race 3 // $74K Allowance // AW 1 Mile // 1:43PM ET
Race 4 // $70K Maiden // AW 1 Mile // 2:13PM ET
Race 5 // $74K Allowance // AW 1 Mile // 2:43PM ET
Race 6 // $70K Maiden // AW 6 Furlongs // 3:13PM ET
Race 7 // $250K Animal Kingdom S. // AW 6 Furlongs // 3:43PM ET
Race 8 // $250K Rushaway S. // AW 1 1/16 Miles // 4:13PM ET
Race 9 // $500K Latonia S. // AW 1 1/16 Miles // 4:43PM ET
Race 10 // $300K Kentucky Cup Classic S. // AW 1 1/8 Mile // 5:13PM ET
Race 11 // $300K Bourbonette Oaks // AW 1 1/16 Mile // 5:43PM ET
Race 12 // $700K Jeff Ruby Steaks// AW 1 1/8 Miles // 6:25PM ET
Race 13 // $70K Maiden // AW 1 Mile // 7:05PM ET


JEFF RUBY STEAKS 2023 CONTENDERS

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JEFF RUBY STEAKS RACE RESULTS

Recent Winners

YEAR WINNER JOCKEY | TRAINER
2023 Two Phil’s Jareth Loveberry | Larry Rivelli
2022 Tiz the Bomb Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. | Kenneth G. McPeek
2021 Like the King Drayden Van Dyke | Wesley A. Ward
2020 Field Pass Irad Ortiz Jr. | Michael J. Maker
2019 Somelikeithotbrown Tyler Gaffalione | Michael J. Maker
2018 Blended Citizen Kyle Frey | Doug F. O'Neill


JEFF RUBY STEAKS RACE REPLAY

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