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Churchill Downs is a horse racing complex located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, famed for hosting the annual Kentucky Derby.It officially opened in 1875 and was named for Samuel Churchill, whose family was prominent in Kentucky for many years. [1]
Churchill Downs Incorporated began with the opening of one legendary racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1875. While traveling in England and France in 1872–1873, 26-year-old Meriwether Lewis Clark devised the idea of a Louisville Jockey Club for conducting race meets. Clark toured and visited with a number of notable racing leaders ...
The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.The race currently covers 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles (1,800 m) at Churchill Downs; the horses carry 121 pounds (55 kg).
Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. tossed rose pedals in the winner's circle after riding Mystik Dan to victory in a photo finish in the 150th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on ...
The Louisville Thoroughbreds are a men's chorus based in Louisville, Kentucky. They are the first seven-time International Champion chorus of the Barbershop Harmony Society , winning gold medals in 1962, [ 1 ] 1966, 1969, 1974, 1978, 1981 and 1984.
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Turfway Park is an American horse racing track located within the city limits of Florence, Kentucky, about 10 miles (16 km) south of the Ohio River at Cincinnati.The track conducts live Thoroughbred horse racing during two meets each year—Holiday (December), and Winter/Spring (January to late March/early April)—and offers year-round simulcast wagering from tracks across the continent.