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May 4, 2024 · America’s longest continuously held sporting event turns 150 years old this Saturday. By age, it’s got the Westminster dog show beat by two years. The Derby has survived two world wars, the ...
May 1, 2019 · Mike Smith, who is 53, will ride early favorite Omaha Beach in the Derby on Saturday. Bill Shoemaker is the oldest jockey to win the Derby, at 54 aboard Ferdinand in 1986. It takes a combination of skill and a healthy dollop of luck to persevere when most of the competition since riding your first winner in 1980 has long since retired.
May 1, 2024 · Published: May. 1, 2024 at 1:50 PM PDT. GEORGETOWN, Ky. ( WAVE /Gray News) – The oldest living Kentucky Derby winner is enjoying his golden years at a farm in Georgetown, Kentucky. Aptly named ...
Aug 22, 2019 · Last Thursday, the 70-year-old amateur rider from Boise, Idaho beat out 43 other riders from 12 different countries to win the Mongol Derby, according to The New York Times. That also makes him the oldest rider ever to finish the race, which the Guinness World Records cite as “the longest multi-horse race in the world.”.
May 7, 2019 · 2014 California Chrome. 2013 Orb. 2012 I'll Have Another. Jockey Mario Gutierrez rides I'll Have Another to victory in the 138th Kentucky Derby horse race Saturday at Churchill downs in Louisville ...
May 3, 2024 · Trainer Larry Demeritte talks to a reporter at Churchill Downs Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 4.
May 3, 2024 · It was the first Derby that Demeritte attended. Now, he is the second Black trainer since 1951 to be saddling a horse in the big race, which has its 150th running on Saturday. The other, Hank ...
