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The Kentucky Derby (/ ˈ d ɜːr b i /) is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 metres). Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kilograms) and fillies 121 pounds (55 kilograms). [3]
In 2007, the event was changed to the Humana Distaff Stakes, and is now run under allowance weight conditions. [4] Humana last year of sponsorship was 2019, with Churchill Downs finding new sponsorship in 2020 with Derby City Gaming. [5] The first five runnings of the event the winners were ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day. Pat Day won ...
The Lukas Classic Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three years old and older, over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles on the dirt held annually in September at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Kentucky. The event currently carries a purse of $500,000.
The event was named after the official state bird of Kentucky, the Northern cardinal.. The event was inaugurated on 23 November 1974, as the Kentucky Cardinal Stakes as a 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles dirt race for three year olds and was won by veterinarian Albert F. Polk Jr's Cut the Talk, who was trained by Ohio native James E. (Jim) Morgan [1] and ridden by Darrell Brown in a time of 1:45 1 ⁄ 5.
The story became national news and prompted a meeting of the Churchill Downs' stewards. In the photo, there was a dark area between Santos' hand and the whip. [ 16 ] The Associated Press subsequently published another photo that clearly showed Santos held no such device: the dark area in the original photo may have been the green silks of the ...
This is a listing of the top attended stakes races for thoroughbred racing in North America by year. The chart lists the paid attendance of the eight top average attended races including the Kentucky Derby on Saturday and its companion race the Kentucky Oaks on Friday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky; the Preakness Stakes on Saturday and its companion race the George E. Mitchell ...
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The Clark Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.Among the oldest races in the United States, it was first run in 1875, the year the racetrack opened for business.