Ama-Tidbits ukwabelana phakathi nenkathi yaseDerby
Ok, okokuqala, i- Kentucky Derby ingenye yezizathu eziningi zikaLouisville ezesabekayo . Uma uvakashela umcimbi, funda umlando kuqala:
Kungani uDerby ebizwa ngokuthi "The Run for the Roses"?
I-rose ebomvu iyimbali esemthethweni yaseKentucky Derby. Ngemuva kokuwina, ihhashi laseDerby elinqobile liboshwe ngendwangu ye-roses ebomvu. Isigqoko sezimbali sinezifanekiselo ezifanayo njengomqhele ophumelelayo. Kuthiwa umlobi wezemidlalo weNew York uBill Corum nguye owokuqala ukubhekisela kuDerby ngokuthi "The Run for the Roses" ngo-1925.
Kamuva uCorum waba umengameli weChurchill Downs. Igama lakhe lesidlaliso seDerby, njengamagama onke asemaphilini amancane, anamathele. Futhi, kufanelekile ukuphawula, amahhashi akuzona kuphela abathokozelayo. Ukuya e-Derby? Ufanele ugqoke up! Amathiphu amahlanu wezambatho zaseCentry Derby
Ubani othatha i-Kentucky Derby trophy ekhaya?
I-Derby trophy iya kumnikazi wehhashi eliwina. Ukulinganisa ama-ounces angu-56, noma amakhilogremu amathathu nesigamu, i-trophy ingama-intshi angu-22 ubude, kuhlanganise nesisekelo sayo se-jade. Iningi lalo lenziwe ngegolide le-karat le-14 ne-horsehoe ekhangayo, ihhashi ne-jockey esenziwe kusuka ku-18-karat igolide. Kusolwa ukuthi yiyo kuphela i-trophy yomcimbi wezemidlalo waseMelika owenziwe ngegolide eliqinile. Mhlawumbe ungenza i-faux eyodwa kwiqembu lakho elilandelayo lase-Derby. Izinto Ezinhlanu Eziphezulu Ozozidingela I-Kentucky Derby Party
Amahhashi agijima masinyane?
Unyaka ngamunye, amahhashi angu-20 ancintisana "Emidlalweni emibili ejabulisayo kakhulu emidlalweni." Naphezu kwemikhosi eseDerby, umncintiswano ngokwawo uvame ukuthatha imizuzu engaphezu kwemibili.
I-Secretariat, ihhashi lomjaho eliphethe irekhodi laseKentucky Derby, ligijima ngo-1:59. Lokho kwakungu-1973. Lo mzila wawuyidaka ngempela ngo-1908 i-Derby, eyanciphisa amahhashi phansi. Ngalowo nyaka, i-Stone Street yawina uDerby ngesikhathi sesi-2: 15. Kulungile, isikhala esiphakathi kwezikhathi ze-Derby esheshayo futhi esincane kakhulu sokuwina singamasekhondi angu-16 nje.
Ukuncintisana komncintiswano weKentucky Derby kunamamitha angu-1.25.
Iyiphi ingoma wonke umuntu ohlabelela lapho amahhashi eholwa emasangweni okuqala?
"Ikhaya Lami LaseKentucky LaseKentucky," elibhalwa nguStephen Foster ngo-1853, lasungulwa njengengoma yombuso yaseKentucky ngo-1928. Le ngoma idlalwa yiNyuvesi yaseLouisville Marching Band ngalunye usuku lweDerby. Wonke umuntu uhlabelela, kusukela ezixukwini zeChurchill Downs kuya kubabukeli bamaqembu aseDerby edolobheni.
Ingabe ama-fillies (amahhashi wesifazane) athola i-Kentucky Derby?
Usuku ngaphambi kukaDerby yiKentucky Oaks, eyaziwa nangokuthi "Izimbali Zamafilimu." Amafilimu kuphela asebenza e-Oaks kanti ihhashi eliwina liboshwe ngendwangu yeminduze. Kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi ama-fillies awapheli ngosuku lweDerby. Amanye amafilimu anamandla okwanele okuncintisana nabafana ngoMgqibelo wokuqala ngoMeyi. Lokho kusho, emlandweni weKentucky Derby, abaphumelele abathathu kuphela bebelokhu beyi-fillies; Imibala Yokunqoba ngo-1988, Ingozi Yeqiniso Ngo-1980 no-Regret ngo-1915.
Ingabe abantu badla utshwala eDerby?
Yebo! Ngo-2012, ngeviki leDerby (okusho ukuthi izinsuku zokugijima zaseKentucky Derby naseKentucky Oaks zihlangene), uChurchill Downs wathengisa cishe ama-120,000 iMint Juleps namaphesenti angama-425,000 wezinyosi. Lokho kuningi iziphuzo.
Ingabe i-Derby ihlale ihlala ezinsukwini ezishisayo?
Akunjalo ngempela. I-Kentucky Derby yenzeka ngoMgqibelo wokuqala ngoMeyi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi isimo sezulu sinjani . Ngokuvamile kufudumele futhi kumnandi kodwa, yiqiniso, kube khona okungafani. Ngo-1959 izinga lokushisa lalingama-degree angama-94 futhi ngo-1935 kwakungama-degree angama-47.
Ubani owayengumncinyane kunazo zonke ukuwina uDerby?
Ngo-1892, u-Alonzo "Lonnie" uClayton wakhwela u-Azra waze wafika ekugcineni futhi wathola iKentucky Derby. UClayton uneminyaka engu-15 ubudala. Imithetho yomdlalo ishintshile; Manje kufanele ube neminyaka engu-16 ubudala ukuthola ilayisense yokugijima eKentucky. Ngakho-ke, ngaphandle uma imithetho ishintsha futhi, uClayton uzogcina irekhodi kuze kube phakade.
Iyini Umugqa Wezigidi?
Row Millionaire's yakha izindawo ezimbili zokuhlala, iMillionaire Six kanye neMillionaire Four. Izivakashi ezicebile nezidumile zibonakala phansi, zithatha iKentucky Derby.
Ngombono wokuqhafaza womugqa wokugcina, kanye namatafula, isevisi yokudla, ibha egcwele kanye nezinye izinto eziningi, kuyindawo yokuhlala yokuzikhethela yabadumile kanye nezinhloko zombuso. Izivakashi zangaphambili zibandakanya iNdlovukazi Elizabeth II, uMichael Jordan, uJack Nicholson, uGeorge Bush (bobabili uSr. noJr.) noDonald Trump.
Kungani izigqoko ezidumile?
Izigqoko ezidakayo nezokuhlobisa ziyisiko lesifiso seDerby-goers. Kuyindlela ejabulisayo nezokugubha ukugubha intwasahlobo, gcina ilanga emehlweni akho futhi ubheke kahle. Ngokwesiko, abesifazane babegqoke izigqoko eziqhakazile, kodwa maduzane, amadoda angenele kumnandi, futhi. Izigqoko nazo zicatshangwa ukuthi zinenhlanhla, futhi yonke inhlanhla ibalala uma usendleleni. Kufushane okheshi? Yenza isithonjana sakho se-Derby.