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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1981
Page
12
The Kentucky Derby features top three year old horses racing 1 1/4 miles at Churchill Downs in Louisville Kentucky. The event lasts about two minutes and Churchill Downs operates about 80 racing days yearly in fall and spring.
The Kentucky Oaks for three year old fillies sits day before the Derby at Churchill Downs. Genuine Risk could have entered but instead races the colts in the Derby. Last year’s Oaks winner was Bold and Determined. The Oaks purse was 83915 while the Derby paid 250550.
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