On This Day May 3

The Kentucky Derby is held at Churchill Downs, Louisville and is 1¼ miles. It was named after "the blue ribbon of the [English] turf." The first Kentucky Derby was run at Churchill Downs in 1875 with Aristides as winner. The attendance was just under 10,000. The Kentucky Derby was televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network on May 3, 1952.

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