The Kentucky Derby is known as the race that always runs. Justify was crowned champion of the 144th Kentucky Derby, America’s most famous horse race, even after the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday evening, just 15 minutes before the start. Justify, ridden by jockey Mike Smith, is the first Kentucky Derby champion horse since 1882 that didn’t make his debut racing at 2 years old. The flash flood warning was lifted shortly before the race, but conditions on the Churchill Downs racetrack made two things clear: The track was very wet, and things got dirty. More than two inches of rain had fallen before the race.

Source: Huffington Post May 05, 2018 23:09 UTC