The 2022 Kentucky Derby is the 148th renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports and will run on May 7th, 2022
The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States,
almost always on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival.
The competition is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of one and a quarter miles at Churchill Downs
Location:
Churchill Downs; Louisville, Kentucky, U.S
Record:
1:59.40, Secretariat (1973, 1+1⁄4 miles); 2:34.50, Spokane (1889, 1+1⁄2 miles)
Known as the home of the
Kentucky Derby
and the Kentucky Oaks, Churchill Downs Racetrack conducts Thoroughbred horse
Purse:
US$3 million; 1st: $1,860,000
Track:
Left-handed
Sonny Leon and Rich Strike won the 148th
Kentucky Derby
last weekend.
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