The first Saturday in May is the time of year when the Kentucky Derby is held. That's why the 136th running of the Derby was on May 1st in the year 2010. The 137th will be held on May 7, 2011.
The race was held on May 5, 2012.
Seabiscuit [May 23, 1933 - May 17, 1947] never won any Kentucky Derby. He was named 'Horse of the Year' in 1938. But that was for his performance in races other than the Derby. It also was for his victory of November 1, 1938 over War Admiral [1934 - 1959], the Triple Crown winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont and Preakness Stakes in the previous year.
It's in Louisville, Kentucky that the Kentucky Derby is held. Louisville isn't a town. It's a big city. It always has been the location of the Derby, for 136 years straight since May 17, 1875.
The first Kentucky Derby wasn't held on the first Saturday of any month. Instead, it was held in the middle of the month. The specific date was May 17, 1875.
For horses, the Derby in America, known as the Kentucky Derby, is run in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May every year.
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival.
There is not an official record of how many Kentucky Derby horses have been injured in the race. This is also because injuries may have been caused by the race but appeared later.
The Kentucky Derby is run on the first Saturday in May. But for the horses who run in the race, training starts long before. They train for months just for this won race, because it's a part of history.
The Kentucky Derby is always the first Saturday of May.
The Kentucky Derby was first run on 17 May 1875 at Louisville, Kentucky and Aristides was the winner.
Assuming you are speaking of the Kentucky Derby: This Grade I Stakes race is for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds of either sex. A Thoroughbred technically turns its next age on January 1 of any given year. Because horses generally are born between January and June, a horse entering the Kentucky Derby, which is held in May, usually will be 3-years-old both technically (because of the January 1 date) and actually (because most are born before the early May date of the Derby) -- but there may be as much as a 4- or 5-month difference in the actual ages of the horses in the Derby.
California Chrome won the Kentucky Derby in 2014.
It was May 2nd
Super Saver won this year's Kentucky Derby on a sloppy track.
Saturday, May 7, 2011The 137th running of the Kentucky Derby (at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky) took place on Saturday, May 7, 2011.
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