Sports Interest Attractions
Attention sports fans! You won't want to miss the annual Kentucky Derby, "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports". Choice
Hotels® offers comfort only minutes away from this favorite Kentucky sports attraction.
In Kentucky's Derby Region
Kentucky Derby
Churchill Downs
700 Central Avenue
Louisville,
KY
40208
502-636-4400
If you're in town the first Saturday in May, you won't want to miss "the Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports!" The Kentucky
Derby, held annually since 1875, is a Grade stakes race for three year old thoroughbred horses. The first leg draws about
155,000 fans and the Derby is the oldest organized sport in the South (and the second oldest in the nation). Put on your nicest
hat and come watch the winner get draped in a lush blanket of 554 roses!
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