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A 200-mile relay race along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. The Bourbon Chase celebrates the best of Kentucky. It is a 200-mile journey across the Bluegrass State â through our historic bourbon distilleries, across our majestic horse country, and into our enchanting small towns.
The Kentucky Derby /ËdÉrbi/ is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of one and a quarter miles (2 km) at Churchill Downs.nexpectedly, the regulations at Kentucky thoroughbred race tracks were changed some years later, allowing horses to run on phenylbutazone. In 1970 Diane Crump became the first female jockey to ride in the Derby, finishing 15th aboard Fathom.