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What can you win a Kentucky Derby on?
The Kentucky Derby is a horse race, you would win it on a horse, specifically a three year old Thoroughbred.
Did the horse Animal Kingdom ran two Kentucky Derby?
Horses can only run in the Kentucky Derby as a three year old. As such, no horse ever runs the Derby more than once.
How old do you have to be to race in the Kentucky Derby?
How old to u have to be to race in the kentucky darbie
Why can't a horse run in the Kentucky Derby twice?
European horses can enter the Kentucky Derby.
How old must a horse be to enter in the Kentuy Derby?
The Kentucky Derby is only for three years olds. They cannot be older or younger.
How many times can a horse race in the Kentucky Derby at Churchhill Downs?
A horse (cold, gelding or filly) may only run in the Kentucky Derby at the age of three-years-old. So the answer is that a horse can only run once. That's what makes it such a special win.
How old can the horse be in the Kentucky Derby?
The horse has to be three years old.All horses are considered to have a "birthday" on January 1st, regardless of what was the actual date of birth of each horse. This can be a serious matter in the Kentucky Derby, where only "three year old" horses are eligible to run. If a horse was born on Dec. 31st, it is considered one year older than a horse born on Jan. 1st, and would therefore only be eligible to race in the Derby when it was chronologically less than two and a half years old.
Why was Curlin not in the Kentucky Derby?
The Kentucky Derby is a race for three year olds only and Curlin is four. He ran in it as a 3 year old and placed 3rd behind the winner, Street Sense, and 2nd place horse, Hard Spun.
How old must a horse be for the derby?
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.
Who qualifies for the Kentucky Derby?
3 year old
How old is the race horse Smarty Jones?
Smarty won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness races in 2004, and a horse can only race in those at 3 yrs of age, so h's 11 yrs. old.
Can a horse be older than 3 and race at the Kentucky Derby?
No. Only three year old thoroughbreds can enter the derby, so they can only enter once.
