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1st May 2021
The Queen is a huge supporter of horse racing and is one of the sport’s most prominent owners, so it is hardly a surprise that in her free time the monarch will be spotted on a racecourse.
Her Majesty has become a regular face at some the UK’s best known racetracks such as Ascot and Epsom Downs, but The Queen has also been known to visit racecourses around the world, including Churchill Downs in Kentucky.
The South Louisville racing complex is best known for hosting America’s most famous horse race – the Kentucky Derby which takes place each year on the first Saturday of May.
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In a recent radio interview, I was asked if I considered myself to be “The Dean of Kentucky Derby Journalists.” I had to admit that I had never thought about it like that.
Billy Reed
But since I don’t think there’s anybody around who has covered more than my 52, I guess maybe I am Dean Reed, with a Ph. D in Derbyology. Has a kind of nice ring to it, right?
If I am to assume this lofty position, I must do it seriously because my main responsibility will be to guard the Derby’s history, both the good and bad of it. And there has been some bad, which almost goes along with being the world’s most famous horse race, an event that generates millions of gambling dollars worldwide.
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