Big Brown, overcoming extreme outside post, rolled to a five-victory Saturday in the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The three-year unbeaten in four career starts, may now become the first Triple Crown winner since 1978. Read the rest of this entry »
Kent J. Desormeaux (born February 27, 1970, in Maurice, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana) is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year. Read the rest of this entry »
Big Brown (foaled April 10, 2005 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2008 Kentucky Derby. Bred by Dr. Gary B. Knapp’s Monticule Farms in Lexington, Kentucky, the three-year-old is undefeated in four career starts. He was sired by Grade III winner, Boundary, a son of North American Champion sire, Danzig who was a son of the 20th Century’s most influential sire, Northern Dancer. Big Brown’s dam was Mien, also a granddaughter of Northern Dancer through her sire, Nureyev. Read the rest of this entry »
Eight Belles (2005 – May 3, 2008) was a gray Thoroughbred racehorse owned by Fox Hill Farms. She finished second in the 2008 Kentucky Derby, a race won by only three fillies in the past. Read the rest of this entry »
Arlington Park is a horse race track in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Horse racing in the Chicago region has been a popular sport since the early days of the city in the 1830s, and at one time Chicago had more horse racing tracks (six) than any other major metropolitan area. Arlington Park was the site of the first horse race with a million-dollar purse in 1981. Read the rest of this entry »
Canterbury Park is a horse racing track located in Shakopee, Minnesota, USA. It runs a meet that consists of 69 racing days from early May to Labor Day, generally holding scheduled races Thursday through Sunday, with racing added on several holidays throughout the meet. The track itself features a one mile oval dirt track and a seven furlong turf course. Read the rest of this entry »
A Mint Julep is traditionally made of four ingredients: mint, bourbon, sugar and water. In the use of sugar and mint, it is similar to the mojito. In preparing a Mint Julep, a sprig of fresh mint is used primarily as a garnish, to introduce the flavor and aroma on the nose. If mint leaves are used in the preparation, they must just be very slightly injured, or not at all. Read the rest of this entry »
It is well-known as the traditional beverage of the Kentucky Derby, position it has held since 1938; during the event, more than 120,000 juleps are served (2007) at Churchill Downs. For over 18 years, the Early Times Mint Julep Cocktail has been the designated “official mint julep of the Kentucky Derby”. Read the rest of this entry »
It might as well be Christmas for lovers of horse racing in Kentucky. It is roughly Derby Day. As the horses hit the track Saturday just after 6 pm, off-track betting facilities in southern Kentucky will be the race to fill the bets. Read the rest of this entry »
Shares of Churchill Downs Inc. dove Friday before the famous Kentucky Derby, after an analyst warned that labour problems at the racetrack operator may be more expensive than feared. Read the rest of this entry »