[1] Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, was a special guest of Churchill Downs and attended the race in her first visit to the United States since 1991.
The Queen has stated that it was one of her dreams to attend the Kentucky Derby.
[1] This list contains the current 2007 standings that leads to the Kentucky Derby race.
[3][4] The foals of 2004 who raced in the 2007 Derby established themselves as a "vintage crop",[5] both on the track and subsequently as sires.
Leading progeny of participants in the 2008 Kentucky Derby Scat Daddy (18th) Curlin (3rd) Hard Spun (2nd) Street Sense (1st) Any Given Saturday (8th) Sources: American Classic Pedigrees, Equibase, Blood-Horse Stallion Register, Racing Post