1904 Champion, Elwood
New Albany can also claim a Derby winner, the trainer of the little known 1904 champion named Elwood.
New Albany can also claim a Derby winner, the trainer of the little known 1904 champion named Elwood.
Some Kentucky Derby races you just don't forget. Some races are so inexplicable, so confounding, so...stunning, that they will be etched in Derby history forever as one of those Derbys.
So you want to buy a Thoroughbred Racehorse and take a shot at winning the Kentucky Derby? A horse doesn’t need perfect confirmation or sparkling pedigrees to win the Kentucky Derby.
Churchill Downs wasn't the only racetrack in Kentucky - learn about five Kentucky racetracks from the past!
Learn more about the day for the fillies, the Kentucky Oaks. The Oaks started the same year the Kentucky Derby did in 1875 and through the decades has developed its own traditions.
A crescendo engulfs the racetrack as 160,000 or so people in the crowd, from the clubhouse to the infield, are all Kentuckians, gathered together to celebrate one of Kentucky’s greatest traditions.
The Kentucky Derby Museum travels the Commonwealth, bringing the Greatest Two Minutes in Sports to our students.
On this episode of the Derby Academy we highlight a very special horse that never ran in the Kentucky Derby. Watch this episode to find out why Man O War was a legend that could not be ignored.
