Stephen Foster Day Presented by Abu Dhabi

On-track celebration of Stephen Foster Day Presented by Abu Dhabi will include an opportunity for patrons to learn about life in the Emirate and enjoy Arabian hospitality by visiting the Abu Dhabi Experience Tent.  The tent, a collaborative effort of the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority and the Office of the Brand of Abu Dhabi, will be located in the paddock area near Gate 18.  The Abu Dhabi Experience Tent has been visited by race goers around the world at tracks that include Britain’s Royal Ascot and Newmarket; Ireland’s The Curragh; and France’s Deauville.

The 12-race program also will feature the $50,000 The President of the United Arab Emirates Cup, a Grade I race for purebred Arabian horses that will be the first race for horses of that breed ever conducted at the world famous track.  The race is limited to 14 horses and will be run on the main track at 1 ¼ miles.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will display its branded Formula 1 race car in the Churchill Downs paddock.  Visitors will have an opportunity to have photographs taken with the vehicle.

And patrons visiting Churchill Downs on Stephen Foster Day Presented by Abu Dubai will have the opportunity to enter a sweepstakes drawing that has a grand prize of a Five-Star trip to Abu Dhabi.

Stephen Foster Day features four graded stakes races:

$500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap Presented by Abu Dhabi (GI)

$125,000 Regret Presented by Etihad Airways (GIII)

$125,000 Matt Winn Presented by Emirates Equestrian Federation (GIII)

$100,000 Jefferson Cup Presented by Abu Dhabi (GIII)