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Article: Churchill Downs Makes Historic Announcement: Yum! Brands is First-Ever Presenting Sponsor of the Kentucky Derby in 132 Years.
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- February 1, 2006
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Unprecedented Sponsorship Increases Yum! Brands Worldwide Visibility, Particularly with Millions of Potential Individual Shareholders
Churchill Downs racetrack today announced that Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM), the world's largest restaurant company and parent of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's and A&W Restaurants will become the historic first-ever presenting sponsor of the Kentucky Derby. Churchill Downs is the flagship racetrack of Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ:CHDN).
This year's 132nd renewal of America's greatest horse race on Saturday, May 6, will be referred to as "the Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! ...