Kentucky Derby

Will he be an all-time great? And four more lingering questions after Justify’s Kentucky Derby
Racing

Will he be an all-time great? And four more lingering questions after Justify’s Kentucky Derby

Bob Ehalt  |  May 6, 2018  | 

The sun did not shine on anyone’s old or new Kentucky home in Louisville yesterday. More to the point, it was a gray, rainy day that soaked the 157,813 fans who turned out to watch America’s most coveted and famous horse race.

Will a European ever win the Kentucky Derby?
Racing

Will a European ever win the Kentucky Derby?

Bob Ehalt  |  May 6, 2018  | 

Certainly yesterday’s Kentucky Derby was not Europe’s proudest moment under the Twin Spires of Churchill Downs.

Kentucky Derby: does ownership have a different meaning these days?
Racing

Kentucky Derby: does ownership have a different meaning these days?

Bob Ehalt  |  May 6, 2018  | 

If there’s a frontrunner for the Eclipse Award that goes to the leading owner, it’s probably Sol Kumin.

They’re doing something very right at the farm that bred both Justify and Vino Rosso
Breeding and Sales

They’re doing something very right at the farm that bred both Justify and Vino Rosso

Nancy Sexton  |  Apr 23, 2018  | 

Several major outfits will head to Churchill Downs on May 5 with a hand in multiple Kentucky Derby runners. Some won’t deny that such opportunity is the result of investment via the benefit of hindsight. For various others, particularly the juggernauts of our sport, it comes as the result of substantial and continued investment from grassroots level.

Kentucky Derby

May 5, 2018
Churchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A

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The 144th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1)

Distance: 1 1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs)
Surface: Dirt
Age: 3yo 
Racecourse: Churchill Downs (left-handed)
Purse: $2 million
Maximum number of horses: 20
Weight: Colt/Gelding: 126 lbs (57.2 kg)
             Filly: 121 lb (55 kg)

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