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1. When was the first Kentucky Derby run?
2. What is the name of the race track where the Kentucky Derby is held?
3. What three races make up the Triple Crown?
4. Alydar was a Kentucky Derby winner.
5. In 1991, who won the running of the Kentucky Derby?
6. What fashion accessory would a Derby goer NOT be without?
7. How many fillies (female horses) won the Kentucky Derby in the 20th century?
8. What is the Kentucky Derby known as?
9. The Kentucky Derby is held on which Saturday in May?
10. What is the traditional beverage of the Kentucky Derby?
11. Who designed the Twin Spires of Churchill Downs?
12. In 1973, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby, but did he go on to win the Triple Crown?
13. Which horse was disqualified in the Kentucky Derby in 1968?
14. Which of the following jockeys had 26 mounts in the Kentucky Derby from 1952-1988?
15. Which of the following jockeys won both the Kentucky Derby in 1978, and the Epsom Derby?
16. In 1993, jockey Jerry Bailey rode Dispute to victory in the Kentucky Oaks. What was the name of the horse he won on the next day in the Kentucky Derby?
17. Churchill Downs is located in what Kentucky City?
18. What Kentucky Derby winner, was the sire of the 1996 Kentucky Derby winner Grindstone?
19. Which of the following had the fastest Kentucky Derby race?
20. What race is held for three year old fillies only?
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