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Topic: Kentucky Derby

A general view of the redesigned paddock ahead of the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 03, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

The Derby is tamed — and that's a shame

Brian Karem
Jockey Javier Castellano rides Mage #8 to a win in the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 06, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

NYT's unsettling horse-racing exposé

Gabriella Ferrigine
Cucumber slices (Photo by Cathy Scola/Getty Images)

A classic Kentucky spread for Derby Day

Ashlie D. Stevens
Kentucky Derby (04/28/1973) (Getty Images/Bettmann)

An anthem of corrupt Southern nostalgia

Emily Bingham
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Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Is "My Old Kentucky Home" pro-slavery?

Christopher Lynch
FILE - In this May 7, 2016, file photo, Mario Gutierrez rides Nyquist to victory during the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) (AP)

How blacks disappeared from KY Derby

Katherine Mooney - The Conversation
A fan wears a hat before the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

The mint julep takes center stage

Jeffrey Miller - The Conversation
Kentucky Derby hopeful Wicked Strong gets a morning workout at Churchill Downs. (AP/Morry Gash)

Bourbon, gambling, horses

Allen Barra
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Scene still from "The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden"

Amanda Pike - The I Files
Rand Paul, Ashley Judd, Mitch McConnell (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta/Chris Pizzello/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rand, Ashley and Mitch

Ryan Alessi
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Alex Halperin
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