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The Kentucky Three-Day Event also hoped to continue the classic format, despite the other major events around the world switching to the short format. Originally, the plan was to alternate years, offering the short format in even-numbered years as preparation for the Olympic games or the World Championship , while running the classic format in ...
The Kentucky Derby (/ ˈ d ɜːr b i /) is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 metres). Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kilograms) and fillies 121 pounds (55 kilograms). [3]
Together with the five-star rated Kentucky Three-Day Event and the Burghley Horse Trials, Badminton forms the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing. Only two people have ever won the Grand Slam; Pippa Funnell in 2003 and Michael Jung in 2015/16. Australian Andrew Hoy nearly took the title in 2007 but lost it when he had a pole down at Burghley.
He has also competed repeatedly at both the World Equestrian Games and the Pan American Games, winning medals at both, as well as winning repeatedly at the top-level Badminton Horse Trials and Rolex Kentucky Three Day events. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Davidson was a consistently top-level rider on both the American and international ...
Fierceness strode into the Kentucky Derby as the overwhelming favorite, but Mystik Dan took the roses in a three-horse photo finish, winning the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday in a stunning upset.
Elisa Wallace for her part was previously a top-10 finisher at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event in 2016, as well as an alternate for the U.S. Olympic Team. [11] Chris Phillips and Samantha Rock were notable for having finished in the top 5 for both the Mustang Challenge and the Mustang Classic in 2024.
Despite being ranked among the top-10 golfers in the world, Swedish sensation Ludvig Aberg only had one PGA Tour win under his belt heading into the 2025 Genesis Invitational, back in November ...
The first Kentucky Derby. The first time it was run, the Kentucky Derby wasn’t even the main event at the track that day. On May 17, 1875, a Monday afternoon, Kentucky Derby winner Aristides ran ...