Kentucky Derby

horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Event recurring_sporting_event Q1141795
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Kentucky Derby

Summary

Kentucky Derby is a recurring sporting event[1]. It ranks in the top 0.043% of recurring_sporting_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94,796 views/month, #1 of 2,353).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kentucky Derby is in the country of United States[3].
  • Kentucky Derby's image is recorded as Kentucky Derby race, Louisville, Kentucky.jpg[4].
  • Kentucky Derby's instance of is recorded as recurring sporting event[5].
  • Kentucky Derby's instance of is recorded as work[6].
  • Kentucky Derby's founder is recorded as Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr.[7].
  • Kentucky Derby's logo image is recorded as Kentucky Derby textlogo.svg[8].
  • Kentucky Derby's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139905869[9].
  • Kentucky Derby's GND ID is recorded as 4573670-4[10].
  • Kentucky Derby's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2004064882[11].
  • Kentucky Derby's location is recorded as Churchill Downs[12].
  • Kentucky Derby's subclass of is recorded as horse race[13].
  • Kentucky Derby's subclass of is recorded as graded stakes race[14].
  • Kentucky Derby's Commons category is recorded as The Kentucky Derby[15].
  • +1875-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kentucky Derby[16].
  • Kentucky Derby's sport is recorded as horse racing[17].
  • Kentucky Derby's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04cmp[18].
  • Kentucky Derby's organizer is recorded as Churchill Downs Incorporated[19].
  • Kentucky Derby's official website is recorded as http://www.kentuckyderby.com/[20].
  • Kentucky Derby's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kentucky Derby[21].
  • Kentucky Derby's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as sports/Kentucky-Derby[22].
  • Kentucky Derby's New York Times topic ID is recorded as subject/kentucky-derby[23].
  • Kentucky Derby's Quora topic ID is recorded as Kentucky-Derby[24].

Why It Matters

Kentucky Derby ranks in the top 0.043% of recurring_sporting_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94,796 views/month, #1 of 2,353).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved . kentuckyderby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Kentucky Derby. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/kentucky-derby
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kentucky-derby_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Kentucky Derby}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kentucky-derby}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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