Have You Found Your Derby Horses to Pick Above? Learn more on what bets you can make on the Kentucky Derby Placing a bet on the Kentucky Derby is a fun way to have a rooting interest in the outcome, even if you don’t know much about the sport. But learning a few nuances 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.
A field of 20 horses is set to launch from the starting gate for the 2024Kentucky Derbytoday. The 150th Run for the Roses is expected to see 19 colts and a gelding dashing down the dirt track at Churchill Downs in Louisville to try to win the first leg of horse racing's Triple Crow...
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...
At least 20 horses have entered the “Run for the Roses” in 23 of the last 26 years. The 1 1/16-mile Virginia Oaks will be run on the Virginia Derby undercard and become a qualifier on the 33-race Road to the Kentucky Oaks series, which awards points to 3-year-old fillies to qu...
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. ...
In fact, it was a long time before the socialites of the Eastern states, who largely controlled the sport, would even allow their horses to run in the “West” at Churchill Downs. It was this stubborn attitude, along with a belief that the Derby was raced too early in the year—...
Fillies are young, usually under four years old, female horses Many derby day parties serve burgoo, a uniquely Kentuckian stew with beans and okra. My Old Kentucky Home Every year, an anti-slavery ballad, My Old Kentucky Home, written by Stephen Foster in 1852, is played as the horses ...
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Look, horses! When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Alamy) The first Saturday in May marks another Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs.NBC’s coverage of the 150thKentucky Derby— the first of 2024’s Tri...