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A Brief History of the Kentucky Derby
The 145th Kentucky Derby – “The Greatest Two Minutes In Sports” The Kentucky Derby is a stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged yearly in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race currently covers one and one-quarter miles (2.012 km) at Churchill Downs; colts and geldings…
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