“The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports” refers to the Kentucky Derby, a 2,000-meter dirt track race for 3-year-old thoroughbreds run at Churchill Downs Racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky. The Kentucky Derby is the first race of the Triple Crown, the second and third being the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, and celebrated its 150th running this year.
Fans come to the racetrack dressed in their finest and sing “My Old Kentucky Home” with mint juleps in hand as the horses and riders enter the racetrack. The winning horse is draped with a garland of red roses that is glorious to behold, and winning the famous race is the dream of every jockey in the U.S.
This year, two horses representing Japan competed — Forever Young and T O Password — posing a fresh challenge to two valiant horses with impeccable credentials.