All about Kentucky Derby :

Kentucky Derby is stake race for 3 year old thoroughbred horses. This game was started earlier in Louisville, on Kentucky Derby festival. The race covers one quarter mile at chruch hill Downs and want to carry 126 pounds, fillies 121 pounds. According to a recent survey it is known that around 20 of the best-conditioned sprinters from the existing 35000 horses, are going to take part at Churchill Downs in the Kentucky Derby competition.

The horses have to maintain a speed of 45 miles per hour for a distance of more than a mile, making the Derby's 1¼ mile-long race the fastest two minutes in sports.The horse will be dressed to win. A blet made of leather straps is fitted onto its head to hold the bit . And blinkers, which are cup-shaped devices placed next to the eyes, will keep the horse from seeing anything but what's directly in front of him or her.

The Kentucky Derby is one of the crown jewels of the Triple crown which includes Belmont stakes and the preakness stakes. From 125 years the Kentucky derby are participating in festival with young man and beautiful womens and in hats and sipping in forsty.

Other names for Kentucky Derby:

• The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports
• The Run for the Roses

Kentucky Derby festival:

It is the largest and single annual event started in 1956 at Louisville. The festival include the great steam boatrace, the great ballon race.The festival starts with Thunder Olive Louisville fire show. Each year , an official festival poster is released and prints are sold at th spot. Derby festival concerts, fashion shows, wine tasting and the winner of the race is awarded by red roses.The Derby is not a horse racing drinking Mint julep, an iced consisting of mint, sugar , is the traditional beverage of the race.The winner of derby is awarded with a garland of red roses.