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 12:30 PM |
$25,000 | |
|
Steeplechase Hat Contest 1:00 PM |
Categories: Most Festive, Most Fru Fru, and Most Southern Flare (Blade & Bow Pavilion) | – |
|
The Standard Concrete Products Maiden Steeplethon 1:15 PM |
$20,000 | |
|
The Collie Jennings Mullin Hurdle 2:00 PM |
$35,000 | |
|
The Blade & Bow Maiden Hurdle 2:45 PM |
Steeplechase Hat Contest Winners Announced to All Patrons (Blade & Bow Pavilion) | $30,000 |
|
The Aflac Supreme Hurdle 3:30 PM |
Silent Auction Closes in Blade & Bow Pavilion | $75,000 |
|
The BMW of Columbus 4:15 PM |
$20,000 | |
|
2024 Raffle Drawing 4:30 PM |
Win a $5,000 Travel Voucher for a Trip of Your Choice planned by Frances Boyce of Columbus Travel | $5,000 Travel Voucher |