The Postal Service will also have areas around the racetrack's grandstand where fans can have commemorative envelopes canceled. Secretariat, one of the most popular Thoroughbred racehorses in history, was chosen as one of 15 subjects the U.S. Postal Service will honor as representatives of the 1970s in their 'Celebrate the Century' commemorative stamp and education program. The representatives of the century were determined from more than 6.8 million votes cast in nationwide balloting conducted in September, 1998. The Board of Directors of the Keeneland Association approved on Wednesday, Oct. 13 a multi-million dollar expansion and construction project of the Lexington, Ky., racetrack. Included among the renovations is an expansion of the sales pavilion, which will have a new covered walking ring behind the facility, the construction of new barns and a revamping of the simulcast area of the grandstand.
Construction is scheduled to begin next summer on the sales pavilion.
The project also includes the addition of a bar-lounge and the creation of a repository for veterinary information in the building's basement. The festival offers a rare opportunity to tour the world-renowned horse farm and see some of the great Thoroughbred stallions stabled there, including Seattle Slew and Silver Charm. In addition to photo opportunities with championship horses, there will be face painting, storytelling, music, soft drinks and picnic food. Shuttle buses to Three Chimneys Farm will run from the Rupp Arena in downtown Lexington. In the fifth of their 10 meetings, Alydar gained his second victory over Affirmed in the Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park.