Kentucky Derby
Noun
Meaning
an annual race for three-year-old horses; held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky
Source: WordNetHypernyms
Examples
If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at 46, I can win the Kentucky Derby at 54.
The best thing about the Kentucky Derby is that it is only two minutes long. It is the quickest event in sports, except for Sumo-wrestling & Mike Tyson fights. Maybe Drag-racing is quicker, but I have never been attracted to it.
You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.
As a young boy I won a few dollars in 1972 when Riva Ridge won the Kentucky Derby. I had overheard someone say he was going to win, and I guess that made an impression on me.
1926 ) * January 27 M. Lewis Clark American founder of Kentucky Derby (d.
Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, announced on April 30 that it would resume live racing without spectators on May 16.