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The 2008 Kentucky Derby was the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 3, 2008, with 157,770 in attendance, the second largest in Derby history. [1] Post time was 6:15 p.m. EDT and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network . Big Brown won the race by nearly 5 lengths. [2]
The 2009 Kentucky Derby was the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby. The value of the race was $2,177,000 in stakes. [1] The race was sponsored by Yum! Brands and hence officially was called Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands. [1] The race took place on May 2, 2009, and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network.
2007 Kentucky Derby. Presented by Yum! Brands. The 2007 Kentucky Derby was the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 5, 2007. The announced attendance was 156,635, the third largest in Derby history. [1] Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, was a special guest of Churchill Downs and attended the race in her first ...
Post-position results in the Kentucky Derby (since 1930) ... the Kentucky Derby from post No. 20: Big Brown in 2008 and Rich Strike last year. ... to be used in the 2022 race without a past Derby ...
Below is a comprehensive look at the results of horses from each Kentucky Derby post position since the starting gate was adopted in 1930. ... Derby from post No. 20: Big Brown in 2008 and Rich ...
Eight Belles (February 23, 2005 – May 3, 2008) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who came second in the 2008 Kentucky Derby to the winner Big Brown. [1] Her collapse just after the race resulted in immediate euthanasia . Earlier in the year, Eight Belles became the first filly in Oaklawn Park history to win the Martha Washington Stakes ...
The Kentucky Derby ( / ˈdɜːrbi /) is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 metres). Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kilograms) and fillies 121 pounds (55 kilograms). [3] Held annually on the first ...
The Derby is held annually on the first Saturday in May, at the end of the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. It is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of miles (2.0 km), and has been run at Churchill Downs racetrack since its inception in 1875. The purse for 2019 was increased from US$ 2 million to US$ 3 ...