Best Quote by Hunter S. Thompson

It was the most incredible feeling you can have winning the Kentucky Derby. You're not really mentally prepared for it. It's the greatest race…

— Bob Baffert

Every year the Kentucky Derby is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, and it falls on May…

— Meg Massie

When I was in high school, my uncle, who went to the races quite a bit, got me interested. Then when I went to…

— Kenny Troutt

To win the Kentucky Derby is the goal of every trainer, every hot-walker, every backside person. They may be just rubbing on a horse,…

— Bob Lewis

You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.

— Joe Torre

The horse that wins the Derby is usually the best horse.

— Bob Baffert

This is the day for anyone involved with horses. The dream is to win the Kentucky Derby, because there's nothing like it.

— Bill Turner

This is just a dream come true. Everyone dreams about the Kentucky Derby. We feel terribly blessed to be standing here today.

— Roy Jackson

I went out to the Derby on Wednesday and think it is the most interesting thing I ever saw over here.

— Richard H. Davis

It's one of those things that makes the Derby a great event, is when 150,000 people show up.

— Bob Baffert

The Merseyside derby is a terrific game full of passion, full of quality.

— David Moyes

I kind of press pause when it's a derby, and the season doesn't matter to me anymore; it's all about the derby.

— Vincent Kompany