Needles
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Often, horses that win the Kentucky Derby become famous and are immortalized in photographs and drawings. Shown here is Needles, who won the Kentucky Derby in 1956. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
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Churchill Downs
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…