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HUNGRY?

Derby-goers will consume

hot dogs,

YEARS OLD

age of longest living Kentucky Derby winner: Strike the Gold (1991 Derby winner)

BY CHRIS WARE LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER

barbecue sandwiches,

jumbo shrimp

trash generated by the crowds attending the Derby Smallest field size
(1892 and 1905) Number of Kentucky Derby horses piloted by Bill Shoemaker, the most in history

Most wins by a breeder

Louisville temperature

CALUMET FARM

average high for May 7

weight of the 14K gold Kentucky Derby Trophy

The last year that there was a riderless horse Granville dumped his jockey moments after the start and finished without him

Churchill Downs will prepare


record win payoff on a $2 bet: Donerail, 1913

MINT JULEPS
(Kentucky bourbon, simple syrup, crushed ice, powdered sugar and mint)

Number of winning horses to go from last to first

age of oldest jockey to win the Derby (Bill Shoemaker riding Ferdinand, 1986)

winners from post position No. 17


The most recent to do so is Mine That Bird, 2009

age of youngest jockey to win the Derby (Alonzo Lonnie Clayton aboard Azra, 1892)

largest field size, 1974

winning horses bred in KENTUCKY

of locally-grown mint will be used to make the juleps

Oldest owner to win Kentucky Derby

winning horses names beginning with the letter S, including 2010 winner Super Saver

MOST VICTORIES BY A JOCKEY


Frances Genter
with Unbridled, 1990

most rain on Derby Day on May 11, 1918 (Exterminator won)


Eddie Arcaro and Bill Hartack
S O U R C E : C H U R C H I L L D OW N S

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