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  1. 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 ...

  2. May 4, 2024 · FILE - Hoop Jr. (2) leads by a length as the Kentucky Derby field rounds at Churchill Downs at Louisville, Kent., June 9, 1945. Bymeabond (10) is second. Hoop retained the lead to go on to win the race. America’s longest continuously held sporting event turns 150 years old this Saturday.

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  4. May 4, 2024 · The Kentucky Derby turns 150 years old this Saturday. America’s longest continuously held sporting event has survived two world wars, the Great Depression and pandemics, including COVID-19 in 2020.

  5. May 2, 2024 · Jockey Oliver Lewis won the first Kentucky Derby in 1876 aboard Aristides. J.D. Mooney rode Black Gold to the win in the 50th Derby in 1924. Angel Cordero Jr. guided Cannonade to victory in the ...

  6. May 1, 2024 · Silver Charm is the oldest living Derby winner at age 30. 2009 (135th Derby) Last in the early going, 50-1 shot Mine That Bird moved up to 12th with a quarter-mile to go.

  7. May 3, 2024 · Long-shot West Saratoga is staying in Barn 42 at Churchill Downs, the same location where Seattle Slew was before he won the 1977 Derby and went on to sweep the Triple Crown. It was the first...

  8. The Kentucky Derby, one of the oldest sporting events in America, didn’t have the prestige during Murphy’s time in the saddle that it carries now. Murphy won four editions of the American Derby, which at the time was the biggest race in the country.

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