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Who invented the Kentucky Derby?

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  • by Karen Ellis on June 11th, 2010

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    Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. started the Kentucky Derby after visiting England to do research on racetracks and how they were built. The first Kentucky Derby horse race was run on May 17, 1875, at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

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