The Kentucky Derby is 1 1/4 miles or 10 furlongs long. Only 3-year-old Thoroughbreds are eligible to compete on the dirt track, and 20 horses participate in the Kentucky Derby. It’s called “The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports” due to its approximate duration. Buy tickets from the of...
2025 Kentucky Derby is the 151st renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports and will run on May 3rd, 2025. Find live odds, horse bios, travel info, tickets, news, and updates.
Three-year-old thoroughbred horses run the Kentucky Derby for a distance of 1 1/4 miles. Featuring a purse of $5 million, the winner of today's Derby will earn $3.1 million. The race usually lasts around two minutes. (It's billed as the most exciting two minutes in sports.) Who won...
The field for the Kentucky Derby has been kept to a maximum of 20 horses since 1975. If a horse pulls out, or scratches, from the race in the days leading up to the Derby, additional horses can fill out the field until the scratch deadline. Last year's Derby field featured 18 horses...
So ahead of Saturday’s 150th Kentucky Derby, here’s a look back at some Derby history with all the winning horses, plus jockeys and trainers, since 2000. MoreHorse racing Breeders' Cup Classic 2024: Results and payouts as Sierra Leone wins at Del Mar ...
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It's time to break out yourfanciest hatsand raise your mint julep for the 150th running of theKentucky Derbyin Louisville, Kentucky. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Churchhill Downs has invested more than $200 million dollars in upgrades for the area where the horses get ready to race. There will also...
28. The slowest winning time, on the other hand, is credited to the 1891 winner, Kingman, who took 2:52.25 to complete the 1.5 miles. 29. More winning horses have come from Kentucky than any other state in the country. 30. Fact #29 comes as no surprise considering the state's expe...
This time of year there are more uninformed, once a year players that bet on the names of horses, the number of horse or the jokey that is wearing their favorite color of silks and sometimes the jockey or trainer that won last year's Kentucky Derby!Don't be one of them ...The secr...
have the right swing mechanics for it, one does wonder if that might wear him down under the rigors of this contest. If he pulls off the upset, it’ll mark the first time any Brave has won the Derby: Ronald Acuña Jr. has been in it twice but never gotten out of the semifinals....