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The Kentucky Derby is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles. Colts and geldings c
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Churchill Downs in 1901
Churchill Downs sign for the 2024 Kentucky Derby, its 150th running, with one of the twin spires in the background
Louisville Clock (often called the Louisville Derby Clock), which was dismantled in 2015
The Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing is an informal name for winning four major Thoroughbred horse races in one season in the United States. The term has been applied to two configurations of races,
American Pharoah has been the only winner of a Breeder's Cup Classic Grand Slam
Whirlaway won the Travers Stakes Grand Slam in 1941, and is the only horse to accomplish the feat.
Man O'War won the Preakness, Belmont, and Travers but did not race in the 1920 Kentucky Derby.
American Pharoah won the Breeders' Cup Classic Grand Slam in 2015 and was the first and currently only horse to accomplish the feat.