How many horses are in the kentucky derby?

20 thoroughbred horses will get the once in a lifetime opportunity to run in the 144rd Kentucky Derby on May 5, 2018. 20 thoroughbred horses will get the once in a lifetime opportunity to run in the 144rd Kentucky Derby on May 5, 2018. read more

To qualify for the Derby, horses and their jockies travel on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, a series of 35 races that features a point system. The top four finishers at those races earn points and the top 20 horses at the 35 races earn a spot in the starting post in the Kentucky Derby race. read more

Each year 20 horses have the once in a lifetime chance to run in the Kentucky Derby. To earn a spot in the starting gate, they must travel along the Road to the Kentucky Derby, a series of designated races at tracks across the country and around the world. Points are awarded to the top four finishers in each race. read more

The Kentucky Derby / ˈ d ɜːr b i /, is a horse race that is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of one and a quarter miles (2 km) at Churchill Downs. read more