{"id":186256,"date":"2025-10-08T19:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/186256\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T19:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:54:07","slug":"keeneland-hosts-make-a-wish-day-oct-9-to-grant-childrens-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/186256\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeneland hosts Make-A-Wish Day Oct. 9 to grant children\u2019s dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dreams come true at Keeneland Oct. 9 as local farms and Make-A-Wish unite for a day celebrating children, racing, and community spirit.<\/p>\n<p>LEXINGTON, Ky. \u2014 For one unforgettable afternoon, dreams will take the spotlight at Keeneland.<\/p>\n<p>The 18th annual Make-A-Wish Day at Keeneland is set for Thursday, Oct. 9, continuing a beloved tradition that brings together local Thoroughbred farms and organizations to grant wishes for children and their families.<\/p>\n<p>For 18 years, these partners have teamed up with Keeneland to create a VIP experience that includes presenting a trophy after each of the day\u2019s 10 races, meeting jockeys, and enjoying all the excitement of the race afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Fans are encouraged to cheer on these children and support Make-A-Wish\u00ae Ohio, Kentucky &amp; Indiana. There will be opportunities to help make even more wishes come true by dropping donations in dedicated locations near the Keeneland Paddock and by taking part in a silent auction featuring equine-related items.<\/p>\n<p>\u25baMake it easy to keep up-to-date with more stories like this. Download the WHAS11 News app now. For <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/whas11-news-louisville\/id1453184391?ls=1&amp;mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.doapps.android.mln.MLN_b3ff766402d6d975200b86a42ea504b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Android<\/a> users.<\/p>\n<p>Have a news tip? Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whas11.com\/article\/news\/local\/make-a-wish-day-returns-to-keeneland\/mailto:assign@whas11.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">assign@whas11.com<\/a>, or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/whas11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook page<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whas11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X feed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dreams come true at Keeneland Oct. 9 as local farms and Make-A-Wish unite for a day celebrating children,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-186256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}