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Kentucky Derby will
feature local interest
By George Rowand
Times Community Newspapers
Staff Writer
While the Virginia Gold Cup, with its long history of fine races and good times, is the only game in town this weekend, there is another show May 2. Farther west in a state that was once part of the Old Dominion, there is another sporting event going on. Imagine that.
They call it by a variety of names: “The most exciting two minutes in sports;” “the Run For The Roses;” “The Show.” For Kentuckians, however, it is simply the Derby, and for them — and for most of America — time stops while the Kentucky Derby is going on.
And this year’s race promises to be as good as ever — better perhaps than usual because of the underlying quality of this Derby field.
Over the years, the race has evolved into a showdown of sorts, matching the best 3year-olds in the east against the best in the west.
Generally, it is the first meeting of the horses that have spent their winters in California against those that stayed near the beaches in Florida.Throw in a few from Louisiana, Arkansas, Maryland and New York, and the implications are clear: We’re about to see who has the most horse at this time and in this place.
Virginia horses have won the race a number of times,
92.9%