Yesterday was the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby and TONS of celebrities came out to watch the most popular horse race in the world.
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 04: Tina Knowles attends the Kentucky Derby 150 at Churchill Downs on May 04, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Churchill Downs)LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 04: (L-R) Star Jones and Ricardo Lugo attend the Kentucky Derby 150 at Churchill Downs on May 04, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Churchill Downs)
And Media take Out confirmed that everyone was dressed in their best – and most over the top outfit.
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 04: Sandra Denton attends the Kentucky Derby 150 at Churchill Downs on May 04, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Churchill Downs)LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 04: Jameis Winston (R) and guest attend the Kentucky Derby 150 at Churchill Downs on May 04, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Churchill Downs)LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 04: Taylor Rooks attends the Kentucky Derby 150 at Churchill Downs on May 04, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Churchill Downs)LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 04: Gina Torres attends the Kentucky Derby 150 at Churchill Downs on May 04, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Churchill Downs)LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 04: (L-R) Smokey Robinson and Frances Gladney attend the Kentucky Derby 150 at Churchill Downs on May 04, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Churchill Downs)LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 04: Sheryl Lee Ralph attends the Kentucky Derby 150 at Churchill Downs on May 04, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Churchill Downs)LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 04: (L-R) Kenny Burns and Jessica Burns attend the Kentucky Derby 150 at Churchill Downs on May 04, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Churchill Downs)
The Derby is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 metres). Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kilograms) and fillies 121 pounds (55 kilograms).
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 04: Vernon Davis attends the Kentucky Derby 150 at Churchill Downs on May 04, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Churchill Downs)
Held annually on the first Saturday in May, the race is the first leg of the Triple Crown. The Derby is known as “The Run for the Roses”, as the winning horse is draped in a blanket of roses. Lasting approximately two minutes, the race has also been called “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports” or “The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports”. It is preceded by the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival.
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 04: Warren Moon attends the Kentucky Derby 150 at Churchill Downs on May 04, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Churchill Downs)
The race was first run in 1875. Unlike the other races of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes, the Kentucky Derby, along with its sibling race, the Kentucky Oaks, has been run annually since its first edition. They were twice rescheduled within the same year, the first time due to World War II in 1945, and the second time due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.[5] Further, the Derby and the Oaks are the oldest continuously held major sporting events in the US, as well as the oldest thoroughbred stakes races held in the same location since their beginnin
