The sport has been in decline for decades. Aside from big events like the Kentucky Derby, attendance at racetracks is abysmal
Kentucky Derby, the most famous horse race in America, will head to Churchill Downs racetrack on May 6th to watch 20 horses “run for the roses” . They may place a dollar or two on Forte, the 3-1 favourite. They will sip mint juleps and sing “My Old Kentucky Home”, clad in finery that will include hats to rival those worn at King Charles’s coronation. Away from the track many others will attend Derby parties to watch the “the greatest two minutes in sports”.
Medina Spirit, the winner of the Derby in 2021, failed a post-race drug test and was officially disqualified last year. His trainer, Bob Baffert, who has denied any wrongdoing, was banned from the Derby for two years. After one of Mr Baffert’s horses tested positive for morphine in 2000, he testified that the cause might have been the poppy seeds scattered from bagels eaten by a stablehand.
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