World War II delayed the Kentucky Derby in 1945. A look back at how the race endured.

The last time Louisville learned the Kentucky Derby might be canceled, the Battle of the Bulge was still raging in Europe.

It was 1945, and the U.S. government had put a temporary ban on horse racing because of World War II.

For the first time in nearly four generations there will be no springtime call to post on what's supposed to be Kentucky's grandest day — a celebration of what's best about the commonwealth and one that brings 150,000 people to the racetrack in a single afternoon. The war demanded Americans’ utmost for the troops, he said: “The operation of race tracks is not conducive to this all-out effort.”

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