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Kentucky Derby

noun

, Trademark.
  1. a horse race for three-year-olds, run annually since 1875, on the first Saturday in May, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.: the first race in the Triple Crown.


Kentucky Derby

noun

  1. a race for three-year-old horses run annually since 1875 at Louisville, Kentucky


Kentucky Derby

  1. The most famous American horse race, held each spring at Churchill Downs racetrack in Kentucky .


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Little Bill Boland was only 18 when he rode Middleground to victory in the 1950 Kentucky Derby.

So when you take that first frosty sip of your mint julep in celebration of the Kentucky Derby, enjoy it.

Who better to turn to for the Kentucky Derby than Red Smith, that elegant stylist widely considered our finest sports columnist.

How a 1,000-year-old fragrant elixir traveled over continents and time to become the signature drink of the Kentucky Derby.

The seventy-sixth Kentucky Derby was over, and the losers walked swiftly, as though in a hurry.

Smart racing horses, sometimes taken to the Kentucky Derby, contentedly grazed in his rich pastures.

Wally Wilson has just said that he'd rather marry me than go to the Kentucky Derby with you.

Persons who long wished and desired a beautiful day for the Kentucky Derby were fully gratified Tuesday.

For the Kentucky Derby, out of 56 nominations nine splendid colts faced the starter.

For the Kentucky Derby, only half a dozen sported silk for this valuable and important event.

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