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邱吉尔唐斯
地方性遗产
请举出美国最着名的马赛。假如您的回答是肯塔基大赛马，那您就答对了！但您知道这场赛事的举办地点吗？自1875年以来，这场赛事每年都在路易斯维尔市邱吉尔唐斯的赛马场上举行。
饲养马匹及赛马在肯塔基州极为流行。路易斯维尔的赛马可回溯到1789年，当时的
赛马在市场街(Market
Street)举行。在一趟1872-1873年的国外旅行中，与法国及英国的卓越赛事领导人会谈后，26岁的陆军上校克拉克(M.
Lewis Clark)想出了一个计画，他决定要创立路易斯维尔市骑师俱乐部，专门用来处理竞赛大会。返国后，克拉克开发了一座赛场(也就是邱吉尔唐斯的前身)，并在此展示肯塔基州的饲养业。
肯塔基大赛马于五月的第一个星期六举行，它是第一个的"leg"，即马赛的「三冠赛」(Triple
Crown)。您能说出另外二项赛事吗？它们是马里兰州的普利克内斯有奖赛(Preakness
Stakes)及纽约的贝尔蒙特有奖赛(Belmont
Stakes)。
Name America's most famous horse race. If you said the Kentucky Derby, you'd be right! But do you know where the race is held? Every year since 1875, this race has been held at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky.
Horse breeding and racing are extremely popular in Kentucky. Horse racing in Louisville dates back to 1789, when races were held down Market Street. During a trip abroad in 1872-1873, 26-year-old Colonel M. Lewis Clark came up with a plan to create the Louisville Jockey Club for conducting race meets, after meeting with prominent racing leaders in France and England. When he returned, Clark developed a racetrack, which would become known as Churchill Downs and would showcase Kentucky's breeding industry.
The Kentucky Derby, held the first Saturday in May, is the first "leg," or competition, of horse racing's "Triple Crown." Can you name the other two races? They are the Preakness Stakes in Maryland and the Belmont Stakes in New York.
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