2024 Race Day Schedule

Event Itinerary

November 2nd, 2024
 
Opening Events
9:00 AM
  • Front Gate Opens
  • Hospitality Tents Ready

10:00 AM

  • Souvenir Tent Opens (Blade & Bow Pavilion and the Infield)
  • Silent Auction Tent Opens (Blade & Bow Pavilion)
  • Vendor Village Opens (Blade & Bow Pavilion)
Raffle Tickets
  • Raffle Tickets on Sale at 10:00 AM
  • Tickets are $100 each, only 500 sold!
  • Win a $5,000 Travel Voucher for a Trip of Your Choice planned by Frances Boyce of Columbus Travel.
Additional Activities
11:00 AM
  • Coors Light Infield Pavilion Opens (Live music begins)
  • Kids Corral Opens (The Infield)
  • Atholl Highlanders Bagpipes and Drums (Track)
  • Midland Foxhounds Parade 11:10 AM (Track)
Ceremonies and Presentations
11:30 AM
  • Race Director’s Welcome – Anna Garcia (The Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital & Hughston Clinic Winner’s Circle)
  • Past Race Directors Honored
  • Lampton Bronze Award Presentation Honoring Volunteers Presented by Mary Lu and Mason Lampton (The Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital & Hughston Clinic Winner’s Circle)

11:45 AM

  • National Anthem & Presentation of Colors (Track)
    • National Anthem – Ms. Caroline Green
    • Color Guard – Southern Preparatory Academy
  • Invocation – Rev. Dr. Shane Green
Event Details Purse/Prize

Race A

12:00 PM

Fun Size Stakes
Race runs backwards, starts at the finish and ends at the Turn
$100

Race B

12:20 PM

The Maxine Strupe Perpetual Pony – presented by Southern Charm Country Feed Store
Race runs backwards, starts at the finish and ends at the Turn
$100

The W.C. Bradley Steeplethon

12:45 PM

  $25,000

Steeplechase Hat Contest

1:00 PM

Categories: Most Festive, Most Fru Fru, and Most Southern Flare (Blade & Bow Pavilion)

The Collie Jennings Mullin Hurdle

1:30 PM

  $35,000

The Blade & Bow Maiden Hurdle

2:15 PM

Steeplechase Hat Contest Winners Announced to All Patrons (Blade & Bow Pavilion) $30,000

The Aflac Supreme Hurdle

3:00 PM

Silent Auction Closes in Blade & Bow Pavilion $75,000

The BMW of Columbus

3:45 PM

  $20,000

2024 Raffle Drawing

4:00 PM

Win a $5,000 Travel Voucher for a Trip of Your Choice planned by Frances Boyce of Columbus Travel $5,000 Travel Voucher