First Look: 18 stakes span 5 tracks as summer meets end

First Look: 18 stakes span 5 tracks as summer meets end

Summer racing runs out on both coasts at the same time this year. Saratoga and Del Mar close Labor Day, so whatever either meet held back all season lands in the same 72 hours. And track that races seven days a year saved three for this week. Kentucky Downs sits right in the middle of it. The Franklin, Ky., track puts eight of its stakes on this week's docket, more than any other track on the calendar. The Kentucky Downs Turf Cup (G2) and the Tu…