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The Derby is frequently referred to as "The Run for the Roses", because a lush blanket of 554 red roses is awarded to the Kentucky Derby winner each year. [41] New York sports columnist and future Churchill Downs president Bill Corum in 1925 began describing the race thusly, [ 6 ] but the tradition originated in 1883 when New York City ...
The 2024 Kentucky Derby (branded as the 150th Running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve for sponsorship reasons) was the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. It took place on May 4, 2024, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. [1] The race was open to 20 horses, who qualified through the 2024 Road to the Kentucky Derby.
The Kentucky Derby is only open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds, [8] thus entrants in the 2019 race were foaled in 2016, mostly as part of the North America foal crop of roughly 22,500. [ 9 ] [ a ] The field is limited to twenty horses who qualify based on points earned in the 2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby , a series of designated races that ...
The race was open to 20 horses, who qualified for the race by earning points on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2.0 km) and has been run at Churchill Downs racetrack since its inception in 1875. The purse for 2023 was US$3 million. [2] The race was won by Mage.
This page lists Kentucky Derby winners. Pages in category "Kentucky Derby winners" The following 150 pages are in this category, out of 150 total. ...
The Kentucky Derby is only open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds, [12] thus entrants in the 2020 race were foaled in 2017 as part of the North America registered foal crop of 20,620. [ 13 ] [ b ] The field is limited to twenty horses who qualify based on points earned in the 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby , a series of designated races that was ...
The 2004 Kentucky Derby was the 130th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 1, 2004, and was won by Smarty Jones , who earned a $5 million bonus. [ 2 ] There were 140,054 in attendance.
The 1970 Kentucky Derby was the 96th running of the Kentucky Derby.The race took place on May 2, 1970. [1] [2]The race is most notable in American popular culture as the setting for "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved", an article written for Scanlan's Monthly by Hunter S. Thompson that would later be identified as the first instance of gonzo journalism.