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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s Kentucky Derby Day, also known as the day everyone waits around for eight hours to watch a two-minute horse race.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

Maybe value can continue to beat growth, but there are speedier steeds in the investing-factor horse race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Media outlets, including Barron’s, cited the shifting odds as the process began to resemble a horse race.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Swinney later denied his "two horse race" comment was an attempt to eat into Labour's vote by spotlighting Reform.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2025

It was officially the second-largest crowd ever to attend a horse race in America, but because the record tally, at the Kentucky Derby, was famously exaggerated, the attendance at this hundred-grander was undoubtedly the largest.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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