The Kentucky Derby is always run on the first Saturday in May every year, therefore it will be run on Saturday 1 May in 2010, Saturday 7 May in 2011 and on Saturday 5 May in 2012.
No, he died in his sleep, 25 years to the day from his Kentucky Derby win. He was 28.
Yea, he won the 1992 Kentucky Derby riding Lil E. Tee.
Epsom Answer : The Oaks is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY. It is always the day before The Kentucky Derby. It is known as The Derby for Locals because people from Kentucky and the surrounding areas go that day.
The Kentucky Derby is a horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds over a distance of one and a quarter miles (2 km) at Churchill Downs, 700 Central Ave. Louisville, KY 40208, USA
The first Saturday in may. Its the 10th race of the day.
Applications to Derby College are on going throughout the year.
Louisville, Kentucky is most famously known for it's Thoroughbred racing and the Kentucky Derby along with the Kentucky Oaks race, all being held at Churchhill Downs. This year's Derby begins with Opening Day on April 24, 2010.
It has happened twice, in 1917 and in 1922.
I was born on Derby Day in 1947 and have been trying to find out what time the race began. (It is called "post time") My parents told me that I was "breaking out of the starting gate at the same time as the horses on that day." They crossed the finish line but I'm still running the race.
May 3, 1980 was the date on which the 106th Kentucky Derby was held. On that day the winning horse was Genuine Risk [February 15, 1977 - August 18, 2008]. The outcome represented only the second of three times that fillies have been first to cross the Derby's finish line ... thus far.
The KY Derby is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.It is an annual event.The track is 1.25 miles long.More than 150,000 people attend the Derby each year.The first Derby was held in 1875.Mint Julep is the official drink of the Kentucky Derby.The traditional Kentucky Derby meal is Burgoo, a thick, meaty stew.The Derby actually begins two weeks before the race by a series of events leading up to Derby Day, beginning with Thunder over Louisville, which is an airshow and fireworks event.It is customary for both men and women to wear stylish, elegant hats to the Derby.
Seattle Slew who passed away on the day of the Kentucky Derby in 2002