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And they’re off: Scenes from the Kentucky Derby
WTOP Staff
May 7, 2016, 6:29 PM
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The 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race was held Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.
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Fans wait for the start of the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Fans look over racing forms before the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Fans watch race five before the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
A fan wears a hat before the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Erin Kohnke waits for the start of the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
A fan wears a hat before the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Fans make their way to their seats before the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
A fan wears a hat before the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
AP Photo/Darron Cummings
A woman drinks before the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Andrea Godlew wears a hat before the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Sarah Sis finishes the eighth race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Horses break from the gate for the second race of the day at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. The 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race is the 12th race. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
AP Photo/Garry Jones
Francisco Torres rides Salengo to a finish in the fifth race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
AP Photo/Darron Cummings
Katie Branscum, Jan Griffis, Tina Selvaggi and Mary Molyneaux, from left, watch horses before the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
AP Photo/Garry Jones
Fans talk before the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Kentucky Derby entrant Nyquist and trainer Doug O’Neill pose with the Stanley Cup before the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
AP Photo/Garry Jones
Miss Kentucky Kyle Hornback attends the G.H. Mumm Champagne event at the Barnstable Brown Gala on Saturday, May 7 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision for G.H. Mumm Champagne/AP Images)
Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision for G.H. Mumm Champagne/AP Images
FILE – In this May 2, 1953, file photo, Dark Star, front right, with jockey Hank Moreno, staves off a final bid by favored Native Dancer, left, ridden by Eric Guerin, to win the Kentucky Derby horse race in Louisville, Ky. Invigorator, second from right, is coming up to take third place. (AP Photo/File)
AP Photo/File
FILE – In this May 1933 file photo, Herb Fisher, left, on Head Play, and Don Meade on Brokers Tip, feud near the finish of the Kentucky Derby horse race in Louisville, Ky. (Wallace Lowry/The Courier-Journal via AP)
Wallace Lowry/The Courier-Journal via AP
Exercise rider Abel Flores takes Kentucky Derby entrant Creator for a morning workout at Churchill Downs Friday, May 6, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. The 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 7. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
AP Photo/Garry Jones
Spectators watch a workout at Churchill Downs Friday, May 6, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. The 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 7. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Kentucky Derby entrant Creator gets a bath after a workout at Churchill Downs Friday, May 6, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. The 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 7. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
A fan watches a horse get ready for a race before the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
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