The Kentucky Derby

Fri, 05/25/2007 - 04:06

On a May afternoon in 1875, about 10,000 horseracing fans, bookmakers and owners gathered in Louisville, Kentucky, at a former stock farm renamed the New Louisville Jockey Club, to watch 15 thoroughbreds compete in the first ever Kentucky Derby. The winning horse that day was a three-year-old chestnut colt named Aristides, and its owner, H. P. McGrath, made $2,850 for the victory. By all accounts, the day was a great success and plans were quickly made to make the event an annual occurrence.

Results of the 133rd Kentucky Derby

Mon, 05/07/2007 - 04:25

The $2 million “Run for the Roses” went off as scheduled Saturday, May 5th, 2007, with all the usual fanfare of the first Triple Crown of the year. The results are as follows:

Win: Street Sense
Place: Hard Spun
Show: Curlin

Street Sense, paying $11.80, $6.40, and $4.60, ended some superstitious talk about the “juvenile jinx” — the colt was the first horse to win both the Juvenile Cup at Churchill Downs (last year) and the Kentucky Derby.