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The pageantry of nan 150th Kentucky Derby
The 2024 Kentucky Derby will beryllium held for nan 150th clip Saturday. Known arsenic nan Run for nan Roses, nan title is nan first limb of equine racing's Triple Crown, famously celebrated pinch mint juleps, seersucker suits and stylish hats.
Here's what you request to cognize astir nan 2024 Kentucky Derby:
Where is nan Kentucky Derby held?
The Kentucky Derby is held astatine Churchill Downs successful Louisville. Racetrack officials boast that nan Run for nan Roses is nan oldest continuously held awesome sporting arena successful nan U.S. The Derby dates backmost to 1875, erstwhile nan way was called nan Louisville Jockey Club.
What clip is nan Kentucky Derby?
Post clip for nan Kentucky Derby is 6:57 p.m. EDT. The title is traditionally held connected nan first Saturday of May and had been connected that time for 73 years — from 1946 to 2019 — earlier nan coronavirus pandemic's disruption to mundane life successful 2020 moved nan Derby to September. It returned to May in 2021 and has since stayed connected nan first Saturday of nan month.
The Derby has been held connected each time of nan week isolated from for Sunday, but it's been connected nan first Saturday successful May a full of 92 times.
How agelong is nan Kentucky Derby?
The Kentucky Derby has been 1 1/4 miles agelong since 1896. While nan ungraded way astatine Churchill Downs is only a mile long, nan starting gross and nan decorativeness statement are successful different places, allowing nan title to spell that other 4th mile.
When is nan Kentucky Oaks station time?
The Kentucky Oaks is nan all-filly title held a time earlier nan Kentucky Derby. Post clip for nan alleged "Run for nan Lilies" is 5:51 p.m. EDT connected Friday.
How galore horses tally successful nan Kentucky Derby?
The section for nan Kentucky Derby has been kept to a maximum of 20 horses since 1975. If a equine pulls out, aliases scratches, from nan title successful nan days starring up to nan Derby, further horses tin capable retired nan section until nan scratch deadline. Last year's Derby section featured 18 horses aft 5 scratched from nan race.
Who is favored to triumph nan Kentucky Derby?
Fierceness, nan victor of March's Florida Derby, was named nan greeting statement favourite by Churchill Downs oddsmaker Mike Battaglia pinch 5-2 odds. The bay colt was followed successful nan greeting statement likelihood by Sierra Leone astatine 3-1 and Catching Freedom astatine 8-1.
What horses are moving successful nan Kentucky Derby?
Here's nan complete list of nan horses moving successful nan Kentucky Derby successful bid from station closest to nan wrong of nan way retired pinch their greeting statement odds:
- Dornoch (20-1)
- Sierra Leone (3-1)
- Mystik Dan (20-1)
- Catching Freedom (8-1)
- Catalytic (30-1)
- Just Steel (20-1)
- Honor Marie (20-1)
- Just a Touch (10-1)
- T O Password (30-1)
- Forever Young (10-1)
- Track Phantom (20-1)
- West Saratoga (50-1)
- Endlessly (30-1)
- Domestic Product (30-1)
- Grand Mo nan First (50-1)
- Fierceness (5-2)
- Stronghold (20-1)
- Resilience (20-1)
- Society Man (50-1)
- Epic Ride (50-1)
How overmuch is nan Kentucky Derby purse?
The Kentucky Derby purse was raised to $5 cardinal for nan 150th moving aft being $3 cardinal since 2019. The further prize money intends nan victor will cod $3.1 cardinal pinch $1 cardinal for 2nd place, $500,000 for third, $250,000 for 4th and $150,000 for fifth.
How overmuch are Kentucky Derby summons prices?
Tickets were still disposable successful nan days starring up to nan Kentucky Derby, starting astatine $130 and going up to 5 figures. The large title is nan 12th of nan time astatine Churchill Downs — station clip for nan first title is 10:30 a.m. EDT — pinch 2 much races scheduled for Saturday nighttime aft nan Derby.
The $130 tickets are for wide admittance to nan racetrack's infield. While nan area is surrounded by nan track, tickets are sold connected Ticketmaster pinch a disclaimer that they don't travel pinch a seat, position of nan way aliases entree to nan frontside of Churchill Downs and its recently renovated paddock area. The Derby's website says fans tin "watch nan races from nan world's largest 4K video board."
For $275, tickets were disposable for nan portion of nan infield adjacent nan last turn, erstwhile nan horses make nan closing sprint down nan homestretch to nan decorativeness line. Those tickets besides don't person seats aliases a position of nan track, and they person a $52 work interest added connected Ticketmaster.
Tickets for reserved seats passim Churchill Downs were precocious being sold for Derby day, ranging from a $750 summons — positive a $127 interest — to a $3,500 summons pinch a $595 fee.
What were nan 2023 Kentucky Derby results?
Mage won nan 2023 Kentucky Derby pinch 15-1 odds. The chestnut colt crossed nan decorativeness statement first pinch a winning clip of 2:01.57 up of Two Phil's and Angel of Empire, who came successful 2nd and 3rd respectively.
The section rounds move 1 during nan 149th moving of nan Kentucky Derby astatine Churchill Downs connected May 6, 2023, successful Louisville, Kentucky.
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What are nan fastest Kentucky Derby times?
Secretariat holds nan grounds for nan fastest Kentucky Derby time, finishing nan 1 1/4 miles successful 1:59.40 successful 1973. Before then, nan grounds was 2 minutes flat, group by Northern Dancer successful 1964. In 2001, Monarchos recorded a winning clip of 1:59.97 for nan second-fastest Derby time.
How to watch nan Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby will beryllium televised connected NBC and streamed connected Peacock.
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