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Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
An out-of-town couple entered the turnstiles first Saturday on Kentucky Derby Day. They said it's a bucket list item for them. May 7, 2022.
Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
Fans pack the grandstands at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day. May 7, 2022.
A quiet morning on the track at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day. May 7, 2022.
D. Wayne Lukas meets with reporters Saturday morning after winning the 148th Kentucky Oaks with Secret Oath. May 7, 2022.
Trainer Tim Yakteen reads by iPad in his barn on Kentucky Derby morning, 2022. (Eric Crawford photo)
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A farrier changes a horse shoe on Kentucky Derby morning at Churchill Downs. (Eric Crawford photo)
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Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas was back at the track at 4 a.m. the morning after his Secret Oath won the Kentucky Oaks. (Eric Crawford photo)
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Barns spring to life early in the morning on Kentucky Derby Day, 2022. (Eric Crawford photo)
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A barn cat stands guard over an automobile at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby morning, 2022. (Eric Crawford photo)
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A horse amuses himself in the stall on Kentucky Derby morning. (Eric Crawford photo)
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D. Wayne Lukas the morning after his Secret Oath won the Kentucky Oaks. (Photo by Eric Crawford)
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg visits the barn of trainer Dale Romans on Kentucky Derby morning. (Eric Crawford photo)
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The Kentucky Oaks garland of lillys outside the barn of D. Wayne Lukas and Secret Oath. (Eric Crawford photos)
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D. Wayne Lukas the morning after his Secret Oath won the Kentucky Oaks. (Photo by Eric Crawford)
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The barn of Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas on Kentucky Derby morning, 2022.
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A horse in his stall on Kentucky Derby morning, 2022. (Eric Crawford photo)
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A horse gets a bath on Kentucky Derby morning, 2022. (Eric Crawford photo)
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A quiet morning on the track at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day. May 7, 2022.
A quiet morning on the track at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day. May 7, 2022.
A quiet morning on the track at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day. May 7, 2022.
Horses prepare for the first race at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day. May 7, 2022.
The Garland of Roses at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day. May 7, 2022.
Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
Fans showed up in their best and brightest fashion for the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. May 7, 2022.
Jack Harlow at Kentucky Derby 148 on Saturday, May 7, 2022. (WDRB photo)
Jack Harlow at Kentucky Derby 148 on Saturday, May 7, 2022. (WDRB photo)
The bar inside Churchill Down's ne Homestretch Club.
The bar inside Churchill Down's ne Homestretch Club.
The bar inside Churchill Down's ne Homestretch Club.
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Rich Strike, trained by Eric R. Reed and ridden by jockey Sonny Leon, finished the mile and one-quarter race first, going off at 80-1 odds.
For those who have attended the Derby for years, Saturday was a welcomed full-fledged return of a beloved tradition.
You can search from now until next year's Derby, and you won't find anyone who thought that late addition Rich Strike would be wearing the garland of roses on Saturday afternoon in the Churchill Downs' Winner's Circle.
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