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18 SUMMER 2016 K KEENELAND.COM SUMMER 2016 calendar june June 2-5 – Great American Brass Band Festival. Centre College Campus June 10-12, 17-19 – It's a Grand Night for Singing! Singletary Center June 28 – Seventh Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit hosted by The Jockey Club and the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation. Keeneland sales pavilion June 28-29 – Chamber Music Festival of the Bluegrass. Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill july July 1 – Online and mail (postmarked today) requests begin for group dining reservations (24 or more) for Lexington/ Kentucky Room and Phoenix Room for fall race meeting July 4 – Fourth of July Festival, parade, and Bluegrass 10,000. Downtown Lexington July 4-9 – Junior League Horse Show. Red Mile July 14-17 – Keeneland Concours d'Elegance July 14-24 – Lexington Lions' Club Bluegrass Fair. Masterson Station Park July 15 – LexArts Gallery Hop. Downtown Lexington July 22-24 – Breyerfest. Kentucky Horse Park July 30 – Hats Off Day and Rood & Riddle Grand Prix. Kentucky Horse Park august August 1 – Entries due for Keeneland November breeding stock sale August 1 – Online and mail (postmarked today) requests begin for reservations for individual dining reservations, Lexington/ Kentucky, Phoenix, Equestrian rooms, and Keeneland Club (members only) and reserved grandstand seats for fall race meeting August 6-7 – Shaker Village Craft Fair August 13-14 – 2016 Crave Lexington Food and Music Festival. Masterson Station Park August 19-20 – Picnic with the Pops. The Meadow at Keene Barn August 20-21 – Woodland Art Fair. Woodland Park COURTESY OF SHAKER VILLAGE KIRK SCHLEA "It's a Grand Night for Singing!" Shaker Village Craft Fair September yearling sale begins Sept. 12 Keeneland's 73rd annual September yearling sale, the world's largest and most important Thoroughbred auction, begins Sept. 12. Thousands of buyers from around the globe will travel to Keeneland to acquire the best of North America's yearling crop. In 2015, a total of 2,745 horses sold for $281,496,100, the highest gross since 2011. The top sellers were two colts by Tapit consigned by Gainesway, agent, and sold for $2.1 million and $1.65 million. Major buyers from some 50 countries and nearly every state attend the September sale, which is globally acknowledged as the measure of the state of the Thoroughbred industry. Keeneland September sale graduates had won 67 graded stakes through May 16, 2016, led by Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist.