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2008 Kentucky Derby
Kentucky derby race at churchill downs
Stakes: Grade I For 3-year-old thoroughbreds; 1 mile and ¼
Purse: $2,000,000
The Kentucky Derby, also called Run for the Roses, is held every first Saturday of May and is the first leg of the Triple Crown Races. The race is being run at Churchill Downs Race Track in Louisville, Kentucky.
In its 2005 running, the Derby purse has been increased to $2 million from $1 million making it the country's richest race and ranks among the nation's most lucrative races.
The Derby was first run on May 17, 1875 at 1½ miles, the same distance as the Epsom Derby and the Grand Prix de Paris, in front of an estimated crowd of 10,000 horse racing enthusiasts.
It is today one of America's most prestigious and media-hyped races.
Only three Kentucky Derby winners have ever gone on to bag the ever elusive Triple Crown victory: Secretariat in 1973, Seattle Slew in 1977, and Affirmed in 1978 - all immortal champions in their own right.
1973 Kentucky Derby champion and first ever Triple Crown winner Secretariat holds the all-time stakes record of 1:59.40.
Latest Kentucky Derby Articles ...
Horse Trainer Larry Jones Claims Eight Belles Wasn?t On Drugs Larry Jones, the trainer for the fallen filly Eight Belles, on Tuesday ordered drug testing as part of a necropsy in order to prove that his horse was not on performance-enhancing drugs. Horse traine...
Connections of Filly Eight Belles Saddened by Her Loss Big Brown, who is headed for the 2008 Preakness Stakes, made Kentucky Derby history as he became the first horse since the filly Regret in 1915 to win off just 3 career starts and the second to win fr...
2008 Kentucky Derby Results: Big Brown Wins; Eight Belles Collapses Big Brown remained unbeaten as he pulled away to a 5-length victory in the $2,211,800 Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs. The lone filly in the 2008 Kentucky Derby, Eight Belles finished seco...
My Kentucky Derby Picks: Four Horses in Exotic Bets By GREG MELKOV Hours of research on the 134th Kentucky Derby failed to single out a horse that I feel comfortable betting to win. This is the first time in years that I must throw a dart at the bulls...
Eight Belles Tries to Follow in Winning Fillies Shoes By GREG MELIKOV A filly will try her luck in the 2008 Kentucky Derby for the first time in nine years. Eight Belles attempts to become the fourth to visit the winner's circle since Regret in 1918. T...
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Welcome | Kentucky Derby 134
An event since 1875, and the first jewel in the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred
horseracing, the Run for the Roses is held annually in the first Saturday of ...
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Kentucky Derby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three year-old thoroughbred
horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, ...