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[b]Churchill Downs[/b] is located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, and is most famous for hosting the [b]Kentucky Derby[/b], but it is also the course which has hosted the Breeders' Cup meeting on the most occasions since its inception in 1984. Churchill Downs has already been home to the Breeders' Cup six times, most recently in 2006, and will host the event again in 2010. All American courses are left-handed. The Churchill Downs dirt track is a one-mile oval with a chute in the back straight from which races over six/seven furlongs and a mile are started. The dirt track is relatively galloping, even though the home straight is a little under two furlongs. The turf course of only seven furlongs, situated inside the dirt track, is much sharper and places more emphasis...