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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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