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The Kentucky Derby /ˈdɜrbi/ is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, الولايات المتحدة, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds with a length of one and a quarter miles (2 km) at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kilograms) and fillies 121 pounds (55 kilograms).[1]
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المكان | Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
أُطلق | 1875 |
نوع السباق | Thoroughbred |
الموقع الإلكتروني | www |
Race information | |
المسافة | 1+1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 m) |
الرقم القياسي | 1:592⁄5 secs, Secretariat (1973) |
الأرض | Dirt |
المضمار | Left-handed |
الشروط | 3-year-old |
الوزن | Colt/Gelding: 126 lbs (57.2 kg) Filly: 121 lb (55 kg) |
الجائزة المالية | US$2 million 1st: $1,425,000 |
المكافآت | US$ 200 |
The race is known in the الولايات المتحدة as "The Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports" or "The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports" for its approximate duration, and is also called "The Run for the Roses" for the blanket of roses draped over the winner. It is the first leg of the American Triple Crown and is followed by the Preakness Stakes, then the Belmont Stakes. Unlike the Preakness and Belmont Stakes, which took hiatuses in 1891-1893 and 1911-1912, respectively, the Kentucky Derby has been run every consecutive year since 1875. A horse must win all three races to win the Triple Crown.[2] In the 2015 listing of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA), the Kentucky Derby tied with the Whitney Handicap as the top Grade 1 race in the United States outside of the Breeders' Cup races.[3]
The attendance at the Kentucky Derby ranks first in North America and usually surpasses the attendance of all other stakes races including the Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes, and the Breeders' Cup.[4]
The 141st running of the Kentucky Derby was Saturday, May 2, 2015 with a $2 million guarantee.[5]
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التاريخ
In 1872, Col. Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr., grandson of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition, traveled to إنگلترة, visiting the Derby, a famous race that had been running annually since 1780.[6] From there, Clark went on to Paris, France, where in 1863, a group of racing enthusiasts had formed the French Jockey Club and had organized the Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamps, which at the time was the greatest race in France.
Returning home to Kentucky, Clark organized the Louisville Jockey Club for the purpose of raising money to build quality racing facilities just outside of the city. The track would soon become known as Churchill Downs, named for John and Henry Churchill, who provided the land for the racetrack.[7] Officially, the racetrack was incorporated as Churchill Downs in 1937.[8]
The Kentucky Derby was first run at 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 kilometres), the same distance as the Epsom Derby. The distance was changed in 1896 to its current 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 kilometres). On May 17, 1875, in front of an estimated crowd of 10,000 people, a field of 15 three-year-old horses contested the first Derby. Under jockey Oliver Lewis, a colt named Aristides, who was trained by future Hall of Famer Ansel Williamson, won the inaugural Derby. Later that year, Lewis rode Aristides to a second-place finish in the Belmont Stakes.
الأرقام القياسية
- Most wins by a jockey
- 5 - Eddie Arcaro (1938, 1941, 1945, 1948, 1952)
- 5 - Bill Hartack (1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1969)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 6 - Ben A. Jones (1938, 1941, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1952)
- Most wins by an owner
- 8 - Calumet Farm (1941, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1968)
- Stakes record
- 1:59.40 - Secretariat (1973)
- Record Victory Margin
- Longest shot to win the Derby
- 91 to 1 - Donerail (1913)
الفائزون
- Note: Timed to the 1/4 second 1875 to 1905, to the 1/5 second 1906 to 2000 and to the 1/100 since 2001.
A † designates a Triple Crown Winner.
A ‡ designates a filly.
*In 1968, Dancer's Image, ridden by Bobby Ussery, trained by Lou Cavalaris, Jr., and owned by Peter Fuller, finished first, but was disqualified after a post-race urine sample revealed traces of a banned drug in the horse. The drug in question - phenylbutazone - is now legal for use on racehorses in many states, including Kentucky.
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See also
- American thoroughbred racing top attended events
- Derby pie
- Kentucky Derby top four finishers
- List of attractions and events in the Louisville metropolitan area
- List of graded stakes at Churchill Downs
- "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved", a seminal sports article by Hunter S. Thompson.
- Triple Crown Productions
Footnotes
- ^ "Tenth Race Churchill May 1, 2004". May 1, 2004. Daily Racing Forum. Accessed on May 9, 2006.
- ^ Novak, Claire (September 23, 2013). "Will Take Charge Wins Pennsylvania Derby". Blood Horse. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
- ^ "The World's Top 100 G1 Races for 3yo's and upwards" (PDF). www.ifhaonline.org. International Federation of Horseracing Authorities. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
- ^ ^ 2009 The Original Racing Almanac, page 140 for Kentucky Derby, page 156 for the Preakness Stakes, page 241 for Kentucky Oaks, page 167 for Belmont Stakes, page 184 Breeders' Cup, June 26, 2008.
- ^ "About the Road to the Kentucky Derby". Kentucky Derby. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ^ "Racing for the Roses - History of Kentucky Derby". February 15, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
- ^ Ward, Arch (April 30, 1936). "Talking It Over". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 5, 2012. (يتطلب اشتراك)
- ^ "History Of Churchill Downs". Churchill Downs. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
للاستزادة
- David Domine, Insiders' Guide to Louisville. Guilford, CT: Globe-Pequot Press, 2010.
- James C. Nicholson, The Kentucky Derby: Howe the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sporting Event. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2012.