The 1970 Kentucky Derby was the 96th running of the
Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 2, 1970.
The race is most notable in American popular culture as the setting for "
The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved
"The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" is a seminal sports article written by Hunter S. Thompson on the 1970 Kentucky Derby (an annual horse race held in Louisville, Kentucky), which first appeared in an issue of ''Scanlan's Monthly'' in ...
", an article written for ''
Scanlan's Monthly
''Scanlan's Monthly'' was a monthly publication which ran from March 1970 to January 1971. The publisher was Scanlan's Literary House. Edited by Warren Hinckle III and Sidney Zion, it featured politically controversial muckraking and was ultimate ...
'' by
Hunter S. Thompson that would later be identified as the first instance of
gonzo journalism.
Full results
* Winning Breeder: Pullen Bros; (
IL)
References
1970
Events
January
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* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...
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Derby
Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby g ...
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
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