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The 2024 Kentucky Derby is here and we want you to stand out from the crowd! Grab a mint julep and get a name for the most exciting two minutes in sports
There are 14 races in total on Saturday, but the official Kentucky Derby post time is 6:57 p.m. ET. The 150th Run for the Roses will be race No. 12 of the day.
Mage is a chestnut colt bred in Kentucky by Grandview Equine. His sire Good Magic was the U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old in 2017 after he won the 2017 Breeders' Cup Juvenile as a maiden; in 2018 he finished second in the Kentucky Derby. [4] His dam, Puca, is a daughter of Big Brown. Mage was initially sold for $235,000 to New Team from the ...
Here’s the origin of the other Derby horses’ names: West Saratoga Littleton, Colorado , is a town of about 46,000 that’s part of the Denver metropolitan area.
Country House is a chestnut colt bred in Kentucky by Joseph V. Shields Jr. He was sired by Lookin at Lucky, the winner of the 2010 Preakness Stakes. [3] Lookin at Lucky first entered stud as a four-year-old in 2011 and since then has resided at Ashford Stud in Kentucky.
In 1970, she became the first female jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby. [10] Crump won the first race on the undercard that day, and then on a horse named Fathom, came in 15th in a 17-horse field in the Derby. [11] By the time she ended her racing career in 1985, she had ridden to 235 wins, [2] though she is officially credited with 228 by ...
Kentucky Derby hopeful Sierra Leone gallops at Churchill Downs on April 23. His name comes from his sire, Gun Runner, because there is a lot of arms dealing in Sierra Leone, Africa.
The colt was purchased as a yearling for $4 million by Fusao Sekiguchi, which is the highest price paid for a Kentucky Derby winner. [2] [3] His name is a combination of his owner's name, "Fusao", and the Japanese word for one, "ichi", to mean No. 1 or the best; the second half of his name came from that of a winged horse in Greek mythology.