2024 Race Day Schedule
Event Itinerary
Opening Events
- Front Gate Opens
- Hospitality Tents Ready
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- National Anthem & Presentation of Colors (Track)
- National Anthem – Mr. Isiah Harper
- Color Guard – Southern Preparatory Academy
- Invocation – Rev. Dr. Gil Watson
| Event | Details | Purse/Prize |
|---|---|---|
| Race A | The TSYS – Global Payments Fun Size Stakes Race runs backwards, starts at the finish and ends at the Turn |
$100 |
| Race B | 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 | $25,000 | |
| BMW of Columbus Hat Contest | Categories: Most Festive, Most Fru Fru, and Most Southern Flare (Blade & Bow Pavilion) | – |
| The Collie Jennings Mullin Hurdle | $35,000 | |
| The Blade & Bow Maiden Hurdle | Steeplechase Hat Contest Winners Announced to All Patrons (Blade & Bow Pavilion) | $30,000 |
| The Aflac Supreme Hurdle | Silent Auction Closes in Blade & Bow Pavilion | $75,000 |
| The Standard Concrete Hurdle | $20,000 | |
| 2023 Raffle Drawing | Win a $5,000 Travel Voucher for a Trip of Your Choice planned by Frances Boyce of Columbus Travel | $5,000 Travel Voucher |