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  • May 3, 1962
    Jimmy Dean, Don Gibson and Patsy Cline play a Kentucky Derby show in Louisville two days before the race. Decidedly wins
    May 3, 1975
    Glen Campbell sits with Kentucky governor Julian Carroll in a private box at the Kentucky Derby in Louisville. Foolish Pleasure wins
    May 3, 1980
    Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Sissy Spacek and former president Gerald Ford are among the celebrities in the infield at Churchill Downs in Louisville as Genuine Risk wins the Kentucky Derby
    May 2, 1985
    The Judds ride in the Kentucky Derby parade in Louisville. Spend A Buck wins the horse race two days later
    May 1, 1986
    Ricky Skaggs is grand marshal at Louisville's Kentucky Derby Festival Pegasus Parade, which also features Mickey Gilley. Ferdinand wins the race two days later
    May 6, 1989
    Sunday Silence wins the roses in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville. The horse's name is derived from the lyrics of the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
    May 3, 1990
    Porter Wagoner rides a horse named Porter during the Pegasus Parade, leading up to the Kentucky Derby. Other horses in the parade are named Little Jimmy Dickens, Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl and Randy Travis. Unbridled wins the Derby two days later
    May 1, 1999
    John Michael Montgomery attends the 125th running of the Kentucky Derby at Louisville's Churchill Downs, where he meets vice president Al Gore. The winning horse is Charismatic
    May 6, 2000
    George Strait attends the Kentucky Derby at Louisville's Churchill Downs, along with Kid Rock, Chaka Khan, 'N Sync and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning. The winner: Fusaichi Pegasus
    May 4, 2002
    Toby Keith, George Strait, John Michael Montgomery, Travis Tritt and Lee Ann Womack are among the artists in attendance at the Kentucky Derby, alongside Brian McKnight, Bo Derek and rapper P. Diddy. War Emblem wins




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