Get ready to return your Old Kentucky Home, sip a mint julep and wear the most outrageous hat in your wardrobe, because the 2016 Kentucky Derby is upon us once more.
Today, 20 horses will take the post for the 142nd running of The Run for the Roses. Don’t let the crazy hats fool you, because The Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports have an amazing ability to live up exactly to that title. Let’s check up on any questions you may have leading into today’s event.
What’s the big deal about the Kentucky Derby?
It is, after all, the “Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports” (No, the time it takes for a pitch to be thrown in a Yankees-Red Sox game doesn’t count) as today’s colts will be racing for a $1 million prize.