The KentuckyDerby (/ˈdɜːrbi/) is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds...
"The KentuckyDerby Is Decadent and Depraved" is a seminal sports article written by journalist Hunter S. Thompson on the 1970 KentuckyDerby, which first...
Clark Jr. along with the KentuckyDerby, the Clark Handicap, and the Falls City Handicap. The Kentucky Oaks and the KentuckyDerby are the oldest continuously...
recognition of Kentucky and its colonelcy. In 1890 Opie Read published A Kentucky Colonel which spawned a new public perception of what a Kentucky colonel was...
Hawthorne was ranked No. 8. In 1890, Edward Corrigan, a Chicago businessman and horseman who owned the 1890KentuckyDerby winner, Riley (by Longfellow)...
American Thoroughbred horse racing history. He won three runnings of the KentuckyDerby and was the first jockey to be inducted into the National Museum of...
racing partnership was dissolved in 1890 and Mike Dwyer went on to enjoy further success. He won the KentuckyDerby for the second time in 1896 with Ben...
third-place and fourth-place finishers, and the number of starters in the KentuckyDerby, a Grade I American Thoroughbred race run at 1+1⁄4 miles on dirt for...
The 1889 KentuckyDerby was the 15th running of the KentuckyDerby, won by Spokane. The race took place on May 9, 1889. The winning time of 2:34.50 set...
day in American horse racing, the KentuckyDerby, is preceded by the two-week Derby Festival in Louisville. The Derby Festival features many events, including...
Derby rivaled the KentuckyDerby at the time for prestige and purse money, but was not reinstated after a gambling ban took effect in 1907. Kentucky Derby...
The 1891 KentuckyDerby was the 17th running of the KentuckyDerby. The race took place on May 13, 1891. The winning time of 2:52.25 was the slowest winning...
1884 Kentucky Oaks, as well as building Hawthorne Race Course near Chicago. Hurley Burley was birthed by Riley, who had won the 1890KentuckyDerby for...
verse and chorus are recited annually at the KentuckyDerby. Colonel Matt Winn introduced the song as a Derby tradition. As early as 1930, Foster's song...
only by the KentuckyDerby. The 149th running of the Preakness Stakes was held on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Two years before the KentuckyDerby was run for...
horses. The name "Derby" (deriving from the sponsorship of the Earl of Derby) has been borrowed many times, notably by the KentuckyDerby in the United States...
gained national recognition when Riley, a horse she had bred, won the 1890KentuckyDerby. In 1903, Josephine Clay dispersed her stock due to her failing eyesight...