Kentucky Derby - Louisville KY

The Kentucky Derby Louisville KY is an event that takes place each year at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. This is the foremost event in American horse racing, known as the Kentucky Derby, and has been held each year since its found in 1875. It is a Grade I stakes race that feature three year old thoroughbreds and is one of the most anticipated events among horse lovers with many Kentucky Derby Louisville KY tickets already sold for the event.

The event takes place on a dirt track that is one and a quarter mile long. It features three year old thoroughbreds of roughly one hundred and twenty pounds weight with a cash prize of one and a half million dollars for the first prize winner with a total purse of two million dollars. It is part of the Kentucky Derby Festival, a two week festival, to which it is the grand finale. In the US, the race is known as The Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports.

This is also the stakes race with the largest number of visitors. Eddie Arcaro and Bill Hartack tie for the most wins by a jockey at five with Ben A. Jones having the most wins by a trainer at six. The Calumet Farm has the most wins by an owner, at eight, with the horse Secretariat holding the record for the shorted time. The current winner of the race is horse I’ll Have Another, with jockey Mario Gutierrez.