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The 2024 Kentucky Derby (branded as the 150th Running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve for sponsorship reasons) was the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. It took place on May 4, 2024, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. [1] The race was open to 20 horses, who qualified through the 2024 Road to the Kentucky Derby.
Brian Hernandez Jr. celebrates after winning the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby aboard Mystik Dan at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
This year marked the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, the nation's longest-lasting continuously run sporting event. Churchill Downs has spent $200 million to transform the paddock beside the ...
The 150th Kentucky Derby was all that and more as 156,710 people were on hand to watch Mystik Dan’s thrilling victory via a photo finish in the Run for the Roses on Saturday at Churchill Downs ...
The Kentucky Derby was first run at 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (12 furlongs; 2.4 km) the same distance as the Epsom Derby, before changing lengths in 1896 to its current 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (10 furlongs; 2 km). On May 17, 1875, in front of an estimated crowd of 10,000 people, a field of 15 three-year-old horses contested the first Derby.
Follow Lexington Herald-Leader writers and photographers and others at the track for Saturday’s 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. Race time is 6:57 p.m. EDT.
As we mark the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, here are some of the most memorable moments in the history of America’s greatest race.
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