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The Fair Grounds Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-olds and older run over a distance of about 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles (9 furlongs) on the turf annually in mid-February at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Wood Memorial Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually in April at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York.It is run over a distance of 1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs) on dirt.
A crowd of 150,729 turned out for the Derby. The rain held off until late afternoon, but then drenched the track, turning the track condition sloppy. [1] Maximum Security went off as the second favorite (behind Improbable) at odds of 9–2 based on his frontrunning win in the Florida Derby.
Scratch To remove a horse from a race before it is run. [4] Sealed track Packing down a track surface when it rains so that the water drains off the surface. [42] Show To finish in third position. Betting on a horse to show pays out if the horse finishes third or better. [4] Silks/colors, colours
The 2023 Kentucky Derby (branded as the 149th Running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve for sponsorship reasons) [1] was the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby.
In 1990 the event was taken off the turf due to the state of the turf track after prolonged inclement weather and was run on dirt. [4] The 2010 event was also moved off the turf, which led to three horses scratched, leaving a field of three. [5] The Lake Placid was run in two divisions in 1988, 1991, and from 1992 through 1995. [6] [7]
The event was inaugurated on September 2, 1987, with additional sponsorship from Budweiser and the Breeders' Cup at a distance of as a one-mile race on the dirt track and was won by the 9:1 shot Good Command, who was ridden by United States' Racing Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron in a time of 1:35 4 ⁄ 5. [1]
The race was inaugurated on 2 October 1948 as the Golden Gate Mile and held on the dirt track. The event was won by Prevaricator who was entered as an entry with the 1948 American Champion Older Dirt Male Horse Shannon II in equal world record time of 1:34 2 ⁄ 5 equaling Equipoise record from 1932.