The Kentucky Derby Museum is a premier tourist attraction, featuring an award-winning, High Definition Kentucky Derby film entitled "The Greatest Race". Displayed on a 360-degree screen, "The Greatest Race" places the viewer in the center of Derby Day action.
A permanent exhibit features African Americans in Thoroughbred Racing, while interactive exhibits include a "Place Your Bets" exhibit that illustrates pari-mutuel wagering and the "Warner L. Jones, Jr. Time Machine" that permits visitors to select footage of Derbys as far back as 1918.

Yes, we think Jessica looks great in a pink hat at the Kentucky Derby.  But besides her, women have played an active role in Kentucky Derby history since the turn of the century.

In 1904, Mrs. Laska Durnell nominated Elwood to the Kentucky Derby, unbeknownst to her husband, trainer Charles Durnell. The decision was a shrewd one and Elwood won as the longest price in the field of five. Elwood was the first starter and winner owned by a woman, and also the first winner bred by a woman, Mrs. J.B. Prather.

John Martin Silvertand, who bred champion and dual classic winner Afleet Alex, died Jan. 7 in West Palm Beach, Fla. Silvertand, who had fought stage VI cancer, was 61. Afleet Alex provided Silvertand and owner Cash is King with lasting thrills in all three 2005 classics.

The son of Northern Afleet finished a strong third in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), then won the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) by 4 3/4 lengths after going down to his knees approaching the stretch. He followed that effort with a seven-length triumph in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) in what proved to be his last race. Afleet Alex stands at stud at the Beck family's Gainesway Farm near Lexington. Afleet  Alex was champion 3-year-old male.

The Breeders’ Cup World Championships will have a new look at first-time host Monmouth Park this year--an expanded two-day event that will inaugurate three $1-million stakes designed to accommodate owners and breeders.

Since the 50th running of the Kentucky Derby in 1924, Churchill Downs has annually presented a gold trophy to the winning owner of the famed "Run for the Roses."

History is unclear if a trophy was presented in 1875 to the winner of the first Kentucky Derby, and trophy presentations were sporadically made in following years. Finally, in 1924, legendary Churchill Downs President Matt Winn commissioned that a standard design be developed for the "Golden Anniversary" of the Derby.