1923 Kentucky Derby

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1923 Kentucky Derby

This photograph shows the finish of the 1923 Kentucky Derby. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Churchill Downs

By Tim Talbott
Historical Markers #1885 and #2255 in Louisville note the location of Churchill Downs, the racetrack of the "Run for the Roses," the famous Kentucky Derby. Churchill Downs began when track founder Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr., the…