Kentucky Derby 2022: When is the big race, how can I watch it in the UK, how much is the prize money and who is the favourite?

It’s one of the world’s most famous horse races, legendary for being the “most exciting two minutes on sport”, and the runners and riders will be lining up this weekend.

This year’s Kentucky Derby will be the 148th time the race has been run, with the first taking place in 1875 – making it one of the oldest and most prestigious events on the American racing calendar. .

It’s the first of the three American Triple races, followed by the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes – with only 13 horses ever achieving the Triple Crown.

As ever, the 20-horse race will be staged over one-and-a-quarter miles (2km) at Churchill Downs Racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, as it was at the inaugral event 147 years ago and every year since.

Here’s everything you need to know.

As it traditional the Kentucky Derby race will be held on the first Saturday of May – which this year is Saturday, May 7 – and is the culmination of the fortnight-long Kentucky Derby Festival.

It has only changed date twice in its history – in 1945 due to the Second World War and in 2020 due to the global pandemic.

Last year’s race proved hugely controversial after the first horse over the line, Medina Spirit, was later disqualified due to testing positive for a banned substance.

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