LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Sovereignty took home the garland of roses at Saturday's Kentucky Derby, but the most exciting two minutes in sports takes hours to clean.
Cleanup efforts at Churchill Downs started Sunday morning to get rid of trash and other items left behind by thousands of fans and spectators — especially in the infield.
"The amount of chairs left behind blows my mind. I bet there's over 2,300 chairs they left behind that they brought to the track and just left," Steve Cunningham, assistant girls soccer coach at Atherton High School, said. "I mean 20,000 ... 30,000 bags of garbage is unbelievable."
Multiple Atherton sports teams were part of the cleanup efforts, which they have participated in for many years.
Undefeated filly Good Cheer took the Kentucky Oaks in front of a crowd of 100,910. Sovereignty crossed the muddy finish line first in the 151st Kentucky Derby, which brought in 147,406 people to the historic Louisville racetrack.
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