Ready for The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports, or the Run for the Roses? <\/span>The running of the Kentucky Derby<\/a> takes place in Lexington, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May. The 2015 race marks the 141st time the 1.25 mile long race has been held. Check out these fun facts about the Kentucky Derby and learn more about this tradition. * It’s not cheap to run the race. The entry fee costs $25,000. If the horse enters the starting gate, there is an additional $25,000 fee.<\/p>\n * Many people know that Secretariat was the fastest Derby winner, posting a time of under two minutes (1:59) in 1973, but the slowest winning horse doesn’t get much attention. Maybe it’s because you have to go back to 1891 to find that Kingman won with a time of 2:52.<\/p>\n * Five women have ridden in the famed “Run for the Roses”: Diane Crump, Patti Cooksey, Andrea Seefeldt, Julie Krone, and Rosemary Homeister.<\/p>\n
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\n* Think your kid is the only one who manages to lose shoes and make you late? Nope. In 1989, Triple Buck lost his hose shoe four minutes before post time. The race was delayed so he could returned to the paddock for a new one.<\/p>\n