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The 149th edition of the Kentucky Derby was marred by pre-race scratches and injuries at Churchill Downs. But the Run for the Roses went ahead with an 18-horse field, with Mage emerging the winner.
In a seismic shakeup the morning of the 2023 Kentucky Derby, race favorite Forte has been scratched from the Run for the Roses. Only 18 horses are now set to race.
The Churchill Downs Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-old and older sprinters run over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt annually in early May at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky as an undercard event on Kentucky Derby day. The event currently offers a purse of $1,000,000.
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2.0 km) and has been run at Churchill Downs racetrack since its inception in 1875. The purse for 2023 was US$3 million. [2] The race was won by Mage.
Later in the day, Lord Miles also was scratched after the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and Churchill Downs banned horses trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. following the death of two of his horses ...
Overall, a record $320.5 million was bet on the races that were run at Churchill Downs on the day of the Kentucky Derby. [7] NBC reported an average of 16.7 million viewers across its platforms and a peak audience of 20.1 million viewers, making it the most watched running of the race since 1989 . [ 8 ]
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When it comes to little-known facts about historic Churchill Downs and odd bits of info on the Kentucky Derby, Kevin Kerstein is full of details. From the Winner's Circle to the track mixture ...