KENTUCKY DERBY

The Mint Julep is an iced drink of bourbon, mint and a sugar syrup. It's the unofficial drink of the race. While it is often served in an ice-frosted silver julep cup, for the event most prefer the Churchill Downs souvenir glasses with previous Derby winners displayed.

"Millionaire's Row" refers to the expensive box seats. The famous and the rich use their seats here as a showpiece. There is almost a fashion show sense about it with the women showing their lavish outfits and incredibly huge hats. The irony is that the hats in the area make it impossible for those behind them to see the race, but luckily the boxes are big enough that it's a non-issue. The infield (with General Admission) is where the real drunken revelry happens, while the boxes are the equivalent of floor seats at a basketball game.

The thoroughbred winner of the race is awarded 554 red roses. It's a fun tradition that goes back over a century. In 2008, Big Brown won the race but apparently doesn't like roses, so broke with the tradition. The tradition did resume the following year.

In 1973 Secretariat won the race at 1:59:40 barely edging out Monarchos at 1:59:97. The slowest winner on record was Kingman in 1891 at 2:52:25. That's a difference of over 50 seconds. With better breeding and training techniques over the years the race has gotten much faster.

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