Kentucky Derby | |
Grade I stakes race | |
![]() Logo for the 2018 Kentucky Derby | |
Location | Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
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Date | May 5, 2018 |
Winning horse | Justify[1] |
Winning time | 2:04.20 |
Starting price | 2.90/1 |
Jockey | Mike Smith |
Trainer | Bob Baffert |
Owner | China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners, Starlight Racing, WinStar Farm |
Conditions | Sloppy (sealed)[2] |
Surface | Dirt |
Attendance | 157,813[3] |
The 2018 Kentucky Derby (officially, the 2018 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve[4]) was the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby, and took place on Saturday, May 5, 2018, in Louisville, Kentucky. The field was open to 20 horses, with a purse of US$2 million.[5][6] The Derby is held annually in Louisville on the first Saturday in May, at the end of the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. It is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km), and has been run at Churchill Downs racetrack since its inception in 1875.[7]
The race was broadcast by NBC, with coverage by NBCSN of undercard races beginning at 12:30pm EDT and main network coverage of pre-race activities starting at 2:30pm EDT.[8] Post time was 6:52pm EDT. The race was won by Justify, who was the post-time favorite, in a time of 2:04.20 over a sloppy track.[2] It is the first time since 1882 that the race was won by a horse that did not race at the age of two.[1]
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