Kentucky Derby

They call the Kentucky Derby the most exciting two minutes in sports, but it also contains the most bizarre, fascinating and harrowing millisecond—the moment the steel starting gates pop open and release 20 half-mad, inexperienced thoroughbreds that zoom to 30 miles per hour in just a couple of strides.

The Most Critical Two Seconds in Sports Reed Albergotti 2011

Davidson makes good on his promise, and before we know it, we're at Coney Island, where Davidson is chatting up the operator of a game called Kentucky Derby, whose players are throwing little rubber balls into little holes to make their horses advance.

Yvette Kantrow: A Children's Story: NPR, NY Times and the Media fail to Explain Fannie/Freddie Debacle 2008

For many sports fans, the Kentucky Derby is the only horse race they'll watch all year.

Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories 2010

For many sports fans, the Kentucky Derby is the only horse race they ll watch all year.

Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories 2010

For many sports fans, the Kentucky Derby is the only horse race they'll watch all year.

Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories 2010

The annual reunion barbecue the Sunday following the Kentucky Derby is a throw down par excellence as is their annual party at Churchill Downs on Derby Day.

Cator Sparks: A Message from the Colonel Cator Sparks 2010

What happened at the Kentucky Derby is a dead horse, Moe, a shame for the owners, not a tragedy.

Chicago Ends Ban on Foie Gras - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

He laughed, came over and told me he's a big Hunter S. Thompson fan (apparently H.S. grew up in Louisville -- I didn't know that!) and he told me about a great, not very well known story he wrote called The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved.

haloaskew Diary Entry haloaskew 2008

I might be misremembering the year Super Bowl by way of the Kentucky Derby is a blast.

Caligula For President Rogers 2008

And you know, I ` ve been to -- I ` ve been to the Kentucky Derby, which is, you know, is ...

CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2007 2007