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The Freeper Canteen Presents....~ It's Kentucky Derby Time!! ~ Barbershop Quartet ~ Star Spangled BannerCall To The Post KENTUCKY DERBY TROPHY Since the 50th running of the Kentucky Derby in 1924, Churchill Downs has annually presented a gold trophy to the winning owner of the famed "Run for the Roses." History is unclear if a trophy was presented in 1875 to the winner of the first Kentucky Derby, and trophy presentations were sporadically made in following years. Finally, in 1924, legendary Churchill Downs President Matt Winn commissioned that a standard design be developed for the "Golden Anniversary" of the...

Fischer said "there will be a lot of things going on in the city that day" and that's why he wasn't planning on attending the Derby at this point. Fischer's decision comes days after several groups have announced their plans to hold demonstrations on Derby day, including at the racetrack. One of those groups, the "Not F------ Around Coalition," or NFAC, announced last week it would be bringing its armed Black militia to the Derby if there is no decision on the Breonna Taylor investigation by Attorney General Daniel Cameron's office.

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I haven't found yet our usual FR Derby thread. I will start one,even though the race is a mere 5 hour away.