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2008 Kentucky Derby Racing Picks & Tips

2008 Kentucky Derby Racing Picks & Tips

Stakes: Grade I for 3-year-old thoroughbreds
Distance: 1 ¼ miles
Track: Dirt
Purse: $2,000,000

The Kentucky Derby, also called Run for the Roses, is held every first Saturday of May and is the first leg of the Triple Crown Races. The race is being run at Churchill Downs Race Track in Louisville, Kentucky.

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In its 2005 running, the Derby purse has been increased to $2 million from $1 million making it the country's richest race and ranks among the nation's most lucrative races.

The Kentucky Derby was first run on May 17, 1875 at 1 ½ miles, the same distance as the Epsom Derby and the Grand Prix de Paris, in front of an estimated crowd of 10,000 horse racing enthusiasts.

Today, it is one of America's most prestigious and media-hyped horse races.

For half a century, only three Kentucky Derby winners have ever gone on to bag the ever elusive Triple Crown victory: Secretariat in 1973, Seattle Slew in 1977, and Affirmed in 1978 - all immortal champions in their own right.

1973 Kentucky Derby champion and Triple Crown winner, Secretariat, holds the all-time stakes record of 1:59.40.

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**May Horse Racing Schedule**
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Kentucky Breeders' Cup S (gr. III), $100,000a, $50,000 Breeders' Cup Fund, 2yo, 5f. Churchill Downs
Mamzelle S, $100,000a, 3&up, f/m, 5f (turf). Churchill Downs

Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), $500,000a, 3yo f, 9f. Churchill Downs
Louisville Breeders' Cup H (gr. II), $200,000a, $100,000 Breeders' Cup Fund, 3&up, f/m, 8.5f. Churchill Downs
Alysheba S (gr. III), $150,000a, 3&up, 8.5f. Churchill Downs
Crown Royal American Turf S (gr. IIIT), $150,000a, 3yo, 8.5f (turf) Churchill Downs
Aegon Turf Sprint S (gr. IIIT), $100,000a, 3&up, 5f (turf). Churchill Downs

Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), $2,000,000g, 3yo, 10f. Churchill Downs
Woodford Reserve Turf Classic S (gr. IT), $500,000a, 3&up, 9f (turf). Churchill Downs
Humana Distaff H (gr. I), $300,000a, 4&up, f/m, 7f. Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs H (gr. II), $250,000a, 4&up, 7f Churchill Downs
La Troienne S (gr. III), $150,000a, 3yo f, 7.5f. Churchill Downs

Bouwerie S (R), $100,000a, 3yo f, New York-bred, 7f. Belmont Park
Hawthorne H (gr. III), $100,000a, 3&up, f/m, 8.5f. Hollywood Park

Danzig S (R), $75,000g, 3yo, c/g, Pennsylvania-bred, 6f. Penn National
Wonders Delight S (R), $75,000g, 3yo f, Pennsylvania-bred, 6f. Penn National

Inaugural S, $100,000g, 3yo f, 6f. Presque Isle Downs

Peter Pan S (gr. II), $200,000g, 3yo, 9f. Belmont Park
Bold Ruler H (gr. III), $100,000a, 3&up, 6f. Belmont Park
Jim Murray Memorial H (gr. IIT), $250,000g, 3&up, Hollywood Park
Los Angeles H (gr. III), $100,000a, 3&up, 6f. Hollywood Park
Lone Star Derby (gr. III), $400,000g, 3yo, 8.5f. Lone Star Park

Kingston H (R), $100,000a, 3&up, New York-bred, 8.5f (turf). Belmont Park
Railbird S (gr. III), $100,000a, 3yo f, 7f.. Hollywood Park
Hendrie S (Can-III), $150,000g, 4&up, f/m, 6.5f. Woodbine

Hancock County H, $75,000g, 3&up, f/m, 5f. Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort
Trevose S, $75,000g, 3yo f, 6.5f. Philadelphia Park

Shuvee H (gr. II), $150,000g, 3&up, f/m, 8f Belmont Park
Matt Winn S, $100,000a, 3yo, 6f. Churchill Downs
Will Rogers S (gr. IIIT), $100,000a, 3yo, 8f (turf). Hollywood Park
Preakness S (gr. I), $1,000,000g, 3yo, 9.5f. Pimlico
Dixie S (gr. IIT), $250,000g, 3&up, 9f (turf). Pimlico

Mount Vernon H (R), $100,000a, 3&up, f/m, New York-bred, 8.5f (turf). Belmont Park
Golden Poppy, $75,000g, 3yo f, 8.5f (turf). Golden Gate Fields
Lazaro S. Barrera Memorial S (gr. III), $100,000a, 3yo, 7f. Hollywood Park
Selene S (Can-III), $250,000g, 3yo f, 8.5f. Woodbine

Vigil S (Can-III), $150,000g, 4&up, 7f. Woodbine

Quicken Tree S (R), $75,000a, 4&up, California-bred, 12f (turf). Hollywood Park

American 1000 Guineas, $200,000g, 3yo f, 8f (turf). Arlington Park
Hanshin Cup H (gr. III), $100,000g, 3&up, 8f. Arlington Park
Sheepshead Bay H (gr. IIT), $150,000g, 3&up, f/m,, 11f (turf). Belmont Park
Louisville H (gr. IIIT), $150,000a, 3&up, 12f (turf). Churchill Downs
My Juliet S, $250,000g, 3&up, f/m, 6f Philadelphia Park

Vagrancy H (gr. II), $150,000g, 3&up, f/m, 6.5f. Belmont Park
Willard L. Proctor Memorial S, $75,000a, 2yo, 5.5f. Belmont Park
Connaught Cup S (Can-III), $150,000g, 4&up, 8.5f (turf). Woodbine

Arlington Matron H (gr. III), $150,000g, 3&up, f/m, 9f. Arlington Park
Metropolitan H (gr. I), $600,000g, 3&up, 8f. Belmont Park
Memorial Day H (gr. III), $100,000g, 3&up, 8.5f. Calder Race Course
Berkeley H (gr. III), $150,000g, 3&up, 8.5f. Golden Gate Fields
Lone Star Park H (gr. III), $400,000g, 3&up, 8.5f. Lone Star Parks

Ohio Valley H, $75,000g, 3&up, f/m, 6f. Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort

Sussex S, $75,000g, 3&up, 8.5f (turf). Delaware Park

Nepal H (R), $75,000g, 3&up, Pennsylvania-sired, 8.5f. Penn National
Power By Far H (R), $75,000g, 3&up, f/m, Pennsylvania-sired, 6f. Penn National
Roanoke S (R), $75,000g, 3&up, Pennsylvania-sired, 6f. Penn National
Robellino (R), $75,000g, 3&up, f/m, Pennsylvania-sired, 8.5f. Penn National

Sands Point S (gr. IIT), $150,000a, 3yo f, 9f (turf). Belmont Park
Golden Gate Fields Turf (gr. IIIT), $100,000g, 3&up, 11f (turf). Golden Gate Fields
The Californian (gr. II), $250,000g, 3&up, 9f. Hollywood Park
Ohio Derby (gr. II), $300,000g, 3yo, 9f Thistledown
Nassau S (Can-II), $300,000g, 3&up, f/m, 8.5f (turf). Woodbine

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