{"id":499915,"date":"2026-04-23T07:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=499915"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:26:00","slug":"worlds-largest-weiner-dog-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=499915","title":{"rendered":"Worlds Largest Weiner Dog Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1stc5e1\/worlds_largest_weiner_dog_race\/\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/external-preview.redd.it\/x-JxyS_5jh6ymJ6xrm-aFc2Dd4SLsjDKpbJfDlOew6I.jpeg?width=640&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=458c69e62094a3bb2e63b26011a66ed9c4b545f3\" alt=\"Worlds Largest Weiner Dog Race\" title=\"Worlds Largest Weiner Dog Race\" \/> <\/a> <\/td>\n<td> <!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>Although the Kentucky derby is the premier animal race, this weekend is the Starkville Derby! This is held annually in Starkville, Mississippi, just outside of Mississippi State University contains the largest weiner-dog race in the world! Last year the race brought in 80,000 spectators to watch the dogs run. This year 256 dogs are planned to run. The race was brought up as a way to bring together the community and it also donates profits to the local humane society.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON --> &#032; submitted by &#032; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/HappyGoose666\"> \/u\/HappyGoose666 <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/thestarkvillederby.com\/\">[link]<\/a><\/span> &#032; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1stc5e1\/worlds_largest_weiner_dog_race\/\">[comments]<\/a><\/span> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Although the Kentucky derby is the premier animal race, this weekend is the Starkville Derby! This is held annually in Starkville, Mississippi, just outside of <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=499915\" title=\"Worlds Largest Weiner Dog Race\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":499917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=499915"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":499918,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499915\/revisions\/499918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/499917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=499915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=499915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=499915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}