Sierra Leone Wins the 2024 Toyota Blue Grass (G1)

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$1 Million Toyota Blue Grass (G1)

By Theo Edwards

The Toyota Blue Grass (G1), for 3-year-olds at 1+1/8 miles on the dirt, ran on Saturday, April 6, at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, KY.

Sierra Leone made his case, overcoming early gate issues and rallying from the back of the pack to win the $1 million, Grade 1 Blue Grass at Keeneland by 1+1/2 lengths over Just a Touch, Tyler Gaffalione riding. Sierra Leone covered the 1+1/8 miles in 1:50.08 and paid $5.32 to win as the 8-5 favorite.

The Blue Grass Stakes is the track's premiere prep race in the Road to the Kentucky Derby.

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Theo Edwards

Theo Edwards has over twenty years of diverse Information Technology experience. He spent his days playing with all things IBMi, portal, mobile application, and enterprise business functional and architectural design.

Before joining IBM as Staff Software Engineer, Theo worked as a programmer analyst and application specialist for businesses hosting eCommerce suite on IBMi platform. He has been privileged to co-author numerous publications such as Technical Handbooks, White paper, Tutorials, Users Guides, and FAQs. Refer to manuals here. Theo also holds a degree in Computer Science, Business Administration and various certifications in information security and technologies. He considers himself a technophile since his engagement at Cable & Wireless then later known SLET.