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Run for the Roses


The Kentucky Derby is also known as the Run for the Roses. 

But that isn't the only race with a flowery nickname: the Belmont Stakes also goes by the Run for the Carnations, and the Preakness Stakes doubles as the Run for the Black-Eyed Susans.

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