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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Was 1892 the Kentucky Derby's Lowest Point?

What was the lowest point of the Kentucky Derby? The year 1892 gets my vote: It had only three entries, two of which were owned by the same owner and the winning jockey was only fifteen years old!

Here's a view of what Churchill Downs looked like a few years later, in 1901:


Here's a link to my column on it in KyForward.com!