Churchill Downs
700 Central AvenueLouisville, Kentucky

University of Louisville marching band with the Churchill Downs Twin Spires in the background.
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Landmark Trivia
- The first Kentucky Derby took place here on May 17, 1875.
- The founder of the racetrack was Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark, grandson of William Clark of Louis and Clark fame.
- The Kentucky Derby was inspired by the Epsom Derby, witnessed in England by M. Lewis Clark in 1872.
- The track is named for John and Henry Churchill, who leased 80 acres of land to their nephew, Colonel M. Lewis Clark (grandson of explorer William Clark).
- The twin spires atop the grandstands are the most recognizable architectural feature of Churchill Downs and are used as a symbol of the track and the Derby.
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