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Originally Posted by slotdirt
Didn't somebody mention that the St. Louis Derby has been run for like 50 years? Funny how every news story on the race calls it the "inaugural" St. Louis Derby.
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The St. Louis Derby was run at Cahokia Downs ... from 1954 at least through the 1960's ... and possibly until 1979 ... when that exquisitely beautiful venue for thoroughbred racing shut its gates.
The race was discontinued ... until Fairmount decided to renew it this year.