AmaTidbits ukwabelana ngexesha leDerby
Ok, okokuqala, iKentucky Derby yenye yezona zizathu ezininzi zikaLouisville . Ukuba uza kutyelela kweso siganeko, funda umlando kuqala:
Kutheni uDerby ebizwa ngokuba yi "Run for the Roses"?
I-rose ebomvu yintyatyambo esemthethweni yeKentucky Derby. Emva kokuwina, ihashe elinqobile lase Derby litshitshiswe ngegrare ye roses ebomvu. Ingubo yeentyatyambo ifana nesimboli esifanayo njengesithsaba esiphumelayo. Kuthiwa umlobi wezemidlalo weNew York uBill Corum wayengowokuqala ukubhekisela kwiDerby ngokuthi "Ukuqhubela iRoses" ngo-1925.
Kamva uCorum waba ngumongameli weChurchill Downs. Isiteketiso saKhe saseDerby, njengamagama onke asepilini, azinamathele. Kwaye, kukufanelekile ukukhankanya, amahashe awayeyona yedwa eyaziwayo. Ukuya eDerby? Ufanele ugqoke! Iingcebiso ezi-5 zengubo zaseCentry Derby
Ngubani othabatha ikhaya laseKentucky Derby ekhaya?
I-Derby trophy iya kumnini wehashe eliphumelelayo. Ukulinganisa ama-ounces ama-56, okanye ama-pounds amathathu nesigxina, i-trophy isingqimba ezingama-intshi ezingama-22, kuquka nesiseko sayo se-jade. Uninzi lwalo lwenziwa ngegolide le-karat le-14 kunye nehashe lokukhwela, ihashe kunye ne-jockey eyenziwe kwigolide le-18 karat. Kukholelwa ukuba yinto ephela yombutho wezemidlalo waseMelika owenziwe ngegolide eqinile. Mhlawumbi unokwenza i-faux enye kwiqela lakho elilandelayo laseDerby. Izinto ezi-5 eziphezulu oza kuzifuna kwiqela laseKentucky Derby
Amahhashi agijima ngokukhawuleza?
Unyaka ngamnye, amahashe angama-20 ancintisana kwi "Iyona mininzi imincili emizuzu emibini kwimidlalo." Nangona yonke imikhosi ejikeleze iDerby, uhlanga oluqhelekileyo ludlulisa ngaphezu kwemizuzu emibini.
Ubunobhala, umkhonto womqhubi ophethe irekhodi yaseKentucky Derby, wagijima ngo-1:59. Kwakukho ngo-1973. Umzila wawudakile ngo-1908 i-Derby, oye wanciphisa amahashe. Ngaloo nyaka, iSitrato seTrato sawubamba uDerby ngexesha lesi-2: 15. Eqinisile, ububanzi phakathi kwexesha elidlulileyo kunye nelincinci lokuwina i-Derby lingama seconds 16.
Umda wobuhlanga weKentucky Derby ngowama-1.25 eekhilomitha.
Iyintoni ingoma wonke umntu oculayo xa amahashe ekhokelwa kumasango okuqala?
"Indawo yaseKentucky yaseKentucky," ebhalwe nguStephen Foster ngo-1853, yasungulwa njengengoma yombuso yaseKentucky ngowe-1928. Ingoma idlalwe yiYunivesithi yaseLouisville Marching Band nganye ngosuku lweDerby. Wonke umntu uhlabelela, ukusuka kwizihlwele zaseChurchill Downs ukuya kubavuli bamaqela aseDerby malunga needolophu.
Ngaba amafayili (amahashe amabhinqa) aphumelele iKentucky Derby?
Usuku olungaphambi kweDerby yiKentucky Oaks, eyaziwa nangokuthi "Izilwanyana zeeFilimu." Iifayile kuphela eziqhutyelwa kwii-Oaks kwaye ihashe eliphumelelayo ligqitywe ngegada leminduze. Kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba amafayile aphelelwe ukusebenza ngomhla weDerby. Ezinye iifayile ezinamandla ngokwaneleyo ukukhuphisana nabafana ngoMgqibelo wokuqala ngoMeyi. Oko kwathiwa, kwimbali yaseKentucky Derby, kuphela abaphumeleleyo abathathu bebefayile; Imibala Yokunqoba ngo-1988, Ingozi Yobungozi ngo-1980 kunye no-Regret ngowe-1915.
Ngaba abantu badla utywala eDerby?
Ewe! Ngo-2012, ngaphaya kweveki yeDerby (intsingiselo yeentsuku zeKentucky Derby kunye neKentucky Oaks ezidibeneyo), uChurchill Downs wathengisa malunga nama-120,000 iMint Juleps kunye nama-425,000 amathanga ebhiya. Lezo ziphuzo ezininzi.
Ngaba i-Derby ihlale igcinwe kwiintsuku ezishushu?
Akunjalo. I-Kentucky Derby yenzeka ngoMgqibelo wokuqala ngoMeyi, nokuba yintoni imimoya ingaba nayo . Ngokuqhelekileyo kushicilelo kwaye kuyamnandi kodwa, ngokuqinisekileyo, kukho ukungafani. Ngowe-1959 ukushisa kwakungamazinga angama-94 kwaye ngo-1935 kwakuyi-degrees ezingama-47.
Ngubani owona mncinci jockey wokuphumelela uDerby?
Ngo-1892, u-Alonzo "uLonnie" uClayton wenyuka u-Azra waya ekugqibeleni waza waphumelela eKentucky Derby. UClayton wayeneminyaka eli-15 ubudala. Imithetho yomdlalo ishintshile; Ngoku kufuneka ube neminyaka eyi-16 ukufumana ilayisenisi yokugijima eKentucky. Ngoko, ngaphandle kokuba imithetho iguqule kwakhona, uClayton uya kubamba irekhodi ngonaphakade.
Iyini Intambo yeMillionaire?
I-Rowmillion's Row iqulethwe kwiindawo ezimbini zokuhlala, iMillionaire Six kunye neMillionaire. Iindwendwe ezizityebi nezidumileyo zibonakala kumgangatho ngamnye, zithatha eKentucky Derby.
Ngombono wokubhekisela umgca wokugqibela, kunye neetafile, inkonzo yokutya, ibha epheleleyo kunye nezinye izinto ezinokubakho, yindawo yokuhlala ekhethiweyo kubahlali abaziintloko kunye neentloko zombuso. Iindwendwe zangaphambili zibandakanya uNdlovukazi uElizabeth II, uMichael Jordan, uJack Nicholson, uGeorge Bush (bobabini uSr. noJr.) noDonald Trump.
Kutheni iinqanaba ezintle?
Iingubo eziqhenqileyo nezokuzibhabisa ziyizithethe zentambo yeDerby-goers. Indlela eyonwabileyo kunye nemikhosi yokubhiyozela intwasahlobo, gcina ilanga ngaphandle kwamehlo akho kwaye ujonge umhle. Ngokwesiko, abafazi babegqoke iinqanaba ezikhethiweyo, kodwa ngoku kutshanje, amadoda aye angena kumnandi, naye. Iicwecwe nazo zicingelwa ukuba zinenhlanhla, kwaye yonke into inenhlanhla ibalwa xa usendleleni. Mfutshane ngemali? Yenza isitya sakho sase Derby.