From January through to the first weekend in May, the Kentucky Derby is what American racing is focused on.”It is a fair comparison in all but the intensity. Even the casual horseplayers here can tell you about the Curse of Apollo, named after the only horse to win the Kentucky Derby without having raced as a two-year-old. The curse of the Europeans, however, is absolute: in 143 runnings since 1875, no horse trained in Europe has ever won the Kentucky Derby. About 10,000 thoroughbred colts were foaled in 2015 in the US alone and just 20 three-year-olds will go to post with a once-in-a-lifetime chance to win a Kentucky Derby. That’s what he was bred to do, to win the Kentucky Derby.”

Source: The Guardian May 04, 2018 13:01 UTC