Only 3 year old Thoroughbreds are allowed to run in the Kentucky Derby. No other age is allowed.
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The Derby is a race for Three-Year-Olds, the time when the horse is in its prime: just fully matured and fully muscled, track-broken but still spirited.
The horses that race in the Kentucky derby are three year olds...they are mostly male (stallions or geldings), but there have been some successful mares in the race.
they are important because horse racing, particularly thoroughbreds, is a major sport in Kentucky, hence the Kentucky Derby.
The Kentucky Derby is a Thoroughbred horse racing event.
Thoroughbred horses compete in the Kentucky Derby.
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you can go to the horse racing at the Kentucky derby
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The "King of Sports" is the Kentucky Derby/horse racing.
there are horse races in kentucky - kentucky derby
I have seen horses race as yearlings and to be in the Kentucky Derby they must be three. It just depends on the race! Most thoroughbreds begin racing at age 2.
The Kentucky Derby didn't begin until 1875.