Some Fact about Churchill Downs Race Track

Before the effects of the Great Depression impacted the Kentucky Derby. Every year since 1875,
this race has been held at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky. Horse breeding and racing are extremely popular in Kentucky. Horse racing in Louisville dates back to 1789, when races were held down Market Street. During a trip abroad in 1872-1873,
26-year-old Colonel M. Lewis Clark came up with a plan to create the Louisville Jockey Club for conducting race meets, after meeting with prominent racing leaders in France and England. When he returned, Clark developed a racetrack, which would become known as Churchill Downsand would showcase Kentucky's breeding industry.

The Kentucky Derby, held the first Saturday in May, is the first "leg," or competition, of horse racing's "Triple Crown." Can you name the other two races? They are the Preakness Stakes in Maryland and the Belmont Stakes in New York.

Today the Kentucky Derby and Churchill Downs face serious challenges from other gambling arenas and most of the same issues it has always faced. By 1996 the purse for the Kentucky Derby had reached $1 million. The Churchill Downs' board has committed itself to a $50 million makeover, while the track's name and twin-spired logo are zealously guarded corporate trademarks. But whatever the difficulties the board faces, whatever challenges confront racing, the Derby or the Downs, the fact remains the Derby has been run every year since 1875. It is a national treasure, and one which the state of Kentucky and city of Louisville cherish as an integral part of its culture. Simply put, and without exaggeration or insincerity, there is no greater moment in the state than the call to the Derby post. The excitement, the sentimentality, the Derby betting and the Derby parties, the mint juleps after a two-week Dery Festival--there is simply no other sporting event in the world whose spirit flows more thoroughly through the blood of its fans.

 

 

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Horse racing in Kentucky is rich in history, dating back to 1789 when the first race course was laid out in Lexington. However, it was almost 100 years later, in 1875,  that Churchill Downs officially opened and began its tradition as "Home of the Kentucky Derby."

 

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2010 Kentucky Derby Contenders

Horse Trainer Dosage Jockey
Alphie's Bet Alexis Barba 1.86 Alex Solis
American Lion Eoin Harty 3.57 Julien Leparoux
Awesome Act Jeremy Noseda 3.57 * Julien Leparoux
Caracortado Mike Machowsky 2.11 Paul Atkinson
Connemara Todd Pletcher 2.11 Russell Baze
Conveyance Bob Baffert 4.33 Garrett Gomez
Dave in Dixie John Sadler 1.67 Joel Rosario
D'Funnybone Richard Dutrow Jr. 1.77 * Edgar Prado
Discreetly Mine Todd Pletcher 2.76 * Javier Castellano
Deans Kitten Michael Maker 1.75 Cornelio Velasquez
Dublin D. Wayne Lukas 2.33 * Rajiv Maragh
Endorsement Shannon Ritter 2.43 Robby Albarado
Ice box Nick Zito   Jose Lezcano
Interactif Todd Pletcher 2.83 * Rafael Bejarano
Jackson Bend Nick Zito 6.20 Jeremy Rose
Line of David John Sadler   Rafael Bejarano
Lookin at Lucky Bob Baffert 3.33 * Garrett Gomez
Make Music For me Alexis Barba   Mike E. Smith
Mission Impazible Todd Pletcher   Rajiv Maragh
Noble's Promise Ken McPeek 3.36 * Rafael Bejarano
Rule Todd Pletcher 4.60 John Velazquez
Setsuko Richard E. Mandella   Rafael Bejarano
Sidney's Candy John Sadler 1.86 Joe Talamo
Stately Victor Michael Maker   Alan Garcia
Super Saver Todd Pletcher 3.00 * Calvin Borel
Off the Trail
Brake Lights Kiaran McLaughlin 2.11 injured
Buddy's Saint Bruce Levine 1.67 * injured
Dryfly Lynn Whiting 2.14 injured
Take Control Bob Baffert 3.22 injured
Vale of York Saeed bin Suroor 2.08 * sick - colic
Winslow Homer Anthony Dutrow 3.33 injured

Kentucky Derby Winners

2010 Kentucky Derby Winner


Super Saver Wins Kentucky Derby 2010. Jockey Calvin Borel captures his third Kentucky Derby in four years with the win aboard Super Saver.

The jockey's magic touch on his home track gave trainer Todd Pletcher his first Derby victory after 24 failures with a 2½-length victory over Ice Box.
2009 kentucky derby winner

The 2009 Kentucky Derby results are in and Mine That Bird won the the jewel in the Triple Crown of Racing as a 50 to 1 long shot today.

Mine That Bird is the long-shot winner of the 135th Kentucky Derby held Saturday, May 2nd at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The Derby featured a full lineup of 19 three-year-olds, after favorite I Want Revenge scratched this morning due to a weak left hoof, in the run for the roses and $2 million first prize.

Mine That Bird paid $103.20 after covering 1 1/4 miles in 2:02.66 seconds over a sloppy racetrack. The win payoff was the second-largest in Derby history behind the 1913 Derby winner Donerail that went off at 91.5 to 1 odds. The final 2009 Kentucky Derby Results & Payouts are official.

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