History of Kentucky Futurity

The Kentucky Futurity is the second race of the prestigious Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters. The race was first held in 1893 at the Red Mile race in Lexington Kentucky and stayed in one place, for its entire history.
Is this the Kentucky Futurity is always held in the state of Kentucky bluegrass, the race was an instant success and still very popular among riders and fans of horse racing. He is one of the few in the sport of harness racing course which is still the use of elimination races to determine the winner of the race.
With the elimination format, a horse must win two rounds before being declared the winner. This means that the heat will be held until one of the horses capable of winning both. In the early years of the race, it was not unusual for horses to race as much as four heats before the winner can not be determined.
There were also several occasions when the Kentucky Futurity was decided after the horses in five games. The hottest that are necessary to determine the winner of six.
In addition, the Kentucky Futurity is one of the races of the Triple Crown Harness Racing for Trotters, the scholarship money is not always very significant. In the early years of the race, the horses are often for a total award of less than $ 60,000, compared with the Hambletonian with a bag of more than $ 70,000 for his first race. The Red Mile has tried to reduce the overall award in recent years and began to add money to the scholarship total. In recent years, the Kentucky Futurity in a position to make a grant of between $ 400,000 and half a million dollars for horses that have been introduced.
The great thing about this race is that the game was never to win large sums of money. The horsemen and women who are involved in the sport of harness racing are more concerned to have a champion race that will exploit the opportunity to make their name in the history books with the latest harness racing champions, while simply by Winning this prestigious and historic race.