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Bet you didn't know this penis fact about the Kentucky Derby.

As the horses are positioned on the starting line, the dealings and double-crosses continue between the jockeys. We are witnessing the age-old sport of political deception. Nine horses line themselves up, while the 10th starts from behind and gets a running start as the rope falls. They're off! Ten powerful horses, careening around the track at breakneck speed as the crowd roars. A year-long wait of hope and preparation is about to be reduced to 90 seconds of blood and courage.

Because the track is shaped like a shell, there are two very sharp, very tight turns to each lap. These are the areas of greatest danger as the horses, if they make their approach too fast to properly negotiate the turn, will crash headlong into the padded walls. Many a horse and jockey have lost their lives here. Desperately holding onto the reins with one hand, the jockeys hold a traditional whip, made from a stretched calf penis, in the other. This whip is used just as often on the other jockeys as on the horse.