Kentucky is known for horse racing.
Frances A. Genter . She is best known as the owner of Unbridled , the 1990 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse and winner of the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders ' Cup Classic . Kentucky . Kentucky is also known for horse racing , bourbon distilleries , coal , the historic site My Old Kentucky Home , automobile manufacturing , tobacco , bluegrass music , college basketball , and Kentucky Fried Chicken .