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...
1913 KentuckyDerby was the 39th running of the KentuckyDerby. The race took place on May 10, 1913. The winning time of 2.04.80 set a new Derby record...
Clark Jr. along with the KentuckyDerby, the Clark Handicap, and the Falls City Handicap. The Kentucky Oaks and the KentuckyDerby are the oldest continuously...
Southern United States in general, in particular as a symbol of the KentuckyDerby. A mint julep is traditionally made with four ingredients: mint leaf...
The 1915 KentuckyDerby was the 41st running of the KentuckyDerby. The race took place on May 8, 1915. The winning horse, Regret, generated significant...
view on the distinction of a Kentucky colonel commission and only issued about a dozen new commissions annually, on Derby Day. Governor Keen Johnson followed...
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 1917 KentuckyDerby was the 43rd running of the KentuckyDerby. The race took place on May 12, 1917. Winner Omar Khayyam, foaled in England, was the...
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...
day in American horse racing, the KentuckyDerby, is preceded by the two-week Derby Festival in Louisville. The Derby Festival features many events, including...
racing history and president of Churchill Downs racetrack, home to the KentuckyDerby race that he made famous. In 2017, he was inducted into the National...
on the Friday preceding the KentuckyDerby, the trophy presentation occurs on Friday evening, the evening before the Derby (which is held on the first...
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...
the American Triple Crown. Sir Barton was a chestnut colt bred in 1916, in Kentucky, by John E. Madden at Hamburg Place Farm near Lexington. An Englishman...
at 'Gansett. Arcaro won his first KentuckyDerby in 1938 aboard Lawrin. He is tied with Bill Hartack for most Derby wins with five, and has the most wins...
George Smith (horse) (1913–?), American thoroughbred racehorse, 1916KentuckyDerby winner George Smith (rugby union) (born 1980), Australian Wallabies...
In 1916 he won the Travers Stakes and Withers Stakes on "Spur" then captured the KentuckyDerby aboard George Smith. In 1917 he won the Kentucky Oaks...
Mandarin Ireland Irish Grand National – All Sorts Irish Derby Stakes – Furore USA May 13 — KentuckyDerby – George Smith Preakness Stakes – Damrosch Belmont...