Kentucky Derby betting
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Fri, 29 Jun 2007
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The Kentuckey Derby is an annually american famous horse race. The derby is held at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May. Perhaps the most prestigious single event in horse racing, the race brings together the top three-year-old horses in the world, with the winner assured a spot in the sport’s annals. The Kentucky Derby also serves as the focal point of a weeklong celebration of Southern culture and the renewal of spring.
The track and race were founded in 1875 by Meriwether Lewis Clark who wanted to replicate England’s Epsom Derby. Despite early financial troubles, the race’s promoters succeeded in luring more of the top horses every year. Festivals and celebrations started up around the race as its fame and stature grew, and the Kentucky Derby gradually became a sporting event .
The Kentucky Derby is the first of three races that make up horse racing’s Triple Crown. The other two are the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Belmont Stakes, at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Two jockeys, Eddie Arcaro and Bill Hartack, have each ridden five Kentucky Derby winners. Calumet Farm in Kentucky has bred nine of the winning horses.
Last 13 Winners of the Kentucky Derby
2007 Street Sense
2006 Barbaro
2005 Giacomo
2004 Smarty Jones
2003 Funny Cide
2002 War Emblem
2001 Monarchos
2000 Fusaichi Pegasus
1999 Charismatic
1998 Real Quiet
1997 Silver Charm
1996 Grindstone
1995 Thunder Gulch
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