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Kentucky Derby Important Facts
History - Betting Tips - Important Facts
- The race is known as "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports" or "The Run for the Roses".
- The racetrack was included as Churchill Downs in 1937.
- In 1875 15 horses competed in the first Derby - a colt named Aristides which had been trained by Ansel Williamson won the first competition.
- In 1892, African-American jockey Alonzo "Lonnie" Clayton, age 15, became the youngest rider to win the Derby.
- In 1915, Regret became the first filly to win the Kentucky Derby.
- In 1917, the English Omar Khayyam became the first foreign-bred horse to win the race.
- In 1952 the first national television coverage of the Kentucky Derby took place.
- In 1954, the purse exceeded $100,000.
- In 2004 was the first time the jockeys were allowed to wear corporate advertising logos on their clothing.
- In 2005 the purse was changed so that horses finishing fifth would receive a share of the purse.
- The latest Derby champion was Street Sense.
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