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The Derby is held annually on the first Saturday in May, at the end of the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. It is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2.0 km), and has been run at Churchill Downs racetrack since its inception in 1875.
Seven horses died at Churchill Downs during the week of the Kentucky Derby, including two horses that died in undercard races on the day of the Derby. [5] Wild on Ice, a Derby contender, was hurt while training on April 27 and was euthanized. [14] [15] On April 29, Code of Kings died after flipping and breaking his neck. [5]
[2] [3] It was the first nose margin victory in this event since the 1996 Kentucky Derby won by Grindstone and the first three-horse photo finish in this race since the 1947 Kentucky Derby, which was won by Jet Pilot. [4] [5] One day before the Kentucky Derby, Hernandez and trainer Kenny McPeek teamed up with Thorpedo Anna to win the Kentucky ...
The Kentucky Derby is only open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds, [9] thus entrants in the 2021 race were foaled in 2018, as part of the North American foal crop of 21,181. [10] [a] The field is limited to twenty horses who qualify based on points earned in the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby, a series of designated races that was first introduced in 2013.
The Derby is a Grade I event with a purse of $3,000,000 in 2022. [35] Predicted rain and thunderstorms in Louisville, Kentucky suggested that the Derby could be raced in muddy or sloppy conditions. Only three horses in the Derby had previously raced on an "off" track, and such precipitation had the chance to alter the race dynamics. [ 36 ]
[5] [6] The Derby is held annually in Louisville on the first Saturday in May, at the end of the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. It is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds 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 Travers Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.It is nicknamed the "Midsummer Derby" [2] and is the third-ranked race for American three-year-olds according to international classifications, behind only the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. [3]
A "deluge" started about two hours before the race, turning a fast track sloppy. [10] Lion Heart, breaking near the rail, ran a quick opening quarter mile of 22.99 seconds to get good position going into the first turn.