Run for the Roses
This famous horse race is held annually on the first Saturday in May.
What is the Kentucky Derby?
Fans are famous for wearing these extravagant fashion items.
What are hats/fascinators?
The race has only been postponed twice—once in 1945 and again due to this global event.
What is the COVID-19 pandemic?
The winner receives this type of trophy.
What is a gold cup?
Horses can only run in the Derby this many times.
What is once?
This Louisville racetrack hosts the Derby each year.
What is Churchill Downs?
The winning horse is draped in a blanket of these flowers.
What are roses?
The first Derby was held in this year.
What is 1875?
Attendance at the Derby often exceeds these two major events combined.
What are the Super Bowl and the World Series?
This is the maximum number of horses allowed in the race.
What is 20?
Only horses of this age can compete in the Derby.
What are three-year-olds?
This song is performed before the race each year.
What is “My Old Kentucky Home”?
Before becoming the nation’s most famous horse race, the Kentucky Derby was inspired by elite racing traditions from this European country known for its long history of Thoroughbred racing.
What is England?
This is the approximate total purse of the Kentucky Derby.
What is $5 million?
This horse holds the fastest Derby time ever recorded.
Who is Secretariat?
The two races that follow the Kentucky Derby to comprise the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
What is the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes?
The four ingredients that make up the Derby’s signature drink (a mint julep).
What is a bourbon, ice, mint, and simple syrup?
This horse won that very first race.
Who is Aristides?
The popular term for the system of prep races determines which horses qualify.
What is the “Road to the Kentucky Derby”?
This is how many fillies (female horses) have won the Derby.
What is three?
This is the total distance of the Derby.
What is 1¼ miles?
This annual pre-race event features celebrities and horse connections walking a red carpet and helps kick off Derby festivities at Churchill Downs.
What is the Kentucky Derby Pegasus Parade?
The Derby was founded by this man.
Who is Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr.?
This is the approximate cost to enter a horse in the Derby.
What is $25,000?
This horse had the longest odds to ever win (91–1).
Who is Donerail?