{"id":13102,"date":"2017-05-01T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.allamericanentertainment.com\/?p=13102"},"modified":"2019-05-06T08:14:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T12:14:33","slug":"kentucky-derby-10-fun-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allamericanspeakers.com\/blog\/kentucky-derby-10-fun-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Fun Facts about the Kentucky Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grab your floppy hat and fix your mint julep, as people around the world tune into the Kentucky Derby.\u00a0 Held on the first Saturday in May, the Derby attracts more than twice the number of fans as the Super Bowl.\u00a0 NBC will provide live coverage of the event, while thousands of fans will travel to Churchill Downs to take part in this unique experience.\u00a0 Horse fanatics, fashionistas, and celebrities all gather to see who will win the \u201cRun for the Roses.\u201d\u00a0 Here are 10 fun facts about \u201cThe Greatest Two Minutes in Sports\u201d:<\/p>\n

1.) \u00a0More than 500 red roses are used to create the winner\u2019s garland.<\/p>\n

2.) \u00a0Approximately 120,000 Mint Juleps<\/a> are served each year during the Kentucky Derby weekend.<\/p>\n

3.) \u00a0Celebrity horse owners have raced their horses in the derby, including M.C. Hammer<\/a>, Berry Gordy<\/a>, and Steven Spielberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4.) \u00a0Only 6 women have ridden in the Derby, the first\u00a0in 1970.<\/p>\n

5.) \u00a0No female trainer or jockey has ever won the Kentucky Derby.<\/p>\n

6.) \u00a0In the first Derby, 13 of the 15 jockeys were African American.<\/p>\n

7.) \u00a0Celebrities now have their own entrance to the Derby. From politicians and royalty to names such as Kim Kardashian<\/a>, Nick Lachey<\/a>, Jessica Simpson<\/a>, Lauren Conrad<\/a>, and Luke Bryan<\/a>, this is a star-studded event.<\/p>\n

8.) \u00a02 of the first 3 Derby winning horses were trained by former slaves, Ansel Williamson (1875) and Ed Brown (1877).<\/p>\n

9.) \u00a0Secretariat was the fastest Derby horse in history and won the race with an amazing time of 1:59.40.<\/p>\n

10.) \u00a0The winning purse is $2 million dollars, of which the jockey will walk away with less than ten percent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Grab your floppy hat and fix your mint julep, as people around the world tune into the Kentucky Derby.\u00a0 Held on the first Saturday in May, the Derby attracts more than twice the number of fans as the Super Bowl.\u00a0 NBC will provide live coverage of the event, while thousands of fans will travel to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":13104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[385],"tags":[628,621,620,624,619,622,16,625,626,627,623,629],"class_list":{"0":"post-13102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-berry-gordy","9":"tag-derby","10":"tag-horse","11":"tag-jessica-simpson","12":"tag-jockey","13":"tag-kentucky","14":"tag-kim-kardashian","15":"tag-lauren-conrad","16":"tag-luke-bryan","17":"tag-m-c-hammer","18":"tag-nick-lachey","19":"tag-steven-spielberg"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.allamericanspeakers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1280px-Kentucky_Derby_2014-0214.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allamericanspeakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allamericanspeakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allamericanspeakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allamericanspeakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allamericanspeakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13102"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.allamericanspeakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18805,"href":"https:\/\/www.allamericanspeakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13102\/revisions\/18805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allamericanspeakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allamericanspeakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allamericanspeakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allamericanspeakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}