UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup - May 06, 05:30:01 AM 2005

UPI Racing Writer Just as the fans were sorting out their picks in the first Kentucky Derby futures bet this weekend, some of the favorites for the May 7 Run for the Roses were stubbing their toes in prep races around the country. From coa...
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Kentucky Derby History - May 06, 01:23:25 AM 2005

Col. M. Lewis Clark Jr., inspired by the Epsom Derby (Eng-G1) in England, inaugurated the Kentucky Derby in 1875 at his newly opened Louisville Jockey Club Course (Churchill Downs wouldn't get its current name until 1886). The race was designed to be the ...
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