Churchill Downs
When we ran the Bed and Breakfast, I would usually sit out and smooze with the guests. Nancy would come out
and ask them did they need anything else. I always asked her to bring me a Mint Julep. I must have asked her
about 2,500 times over the 10 years and she got a little tired  of the question and told me that I had to drink one.
This was the time. After taking 2 neat tours throughout Churchill Downs, we went up for hot dogs and a Mint
Julep. Evidently they put a little kerosene in mine. It was very bad. The museum was shut down due to some
flooding. The got 6 inches of rain in an hour and it did $4 million to the museum. It was worth the trip seeing
what we did though.
Ready for the Derby.
First Derby Winner.
Winners Circle for every race, but the Derby.
Derby Winners Circle for Derby Day.
You must have a licence to buy a seat. The ones up top in the
air conditioned spots are up $9,000.
Winners Circle looking up track.
Winners Circle looking down track.
Jockey's scale for after the race. The 2009 winner picked up 3 pounds
of mud on a very muddy track.
I read about him when I was a kid.
They have over 3,000 betting windows for the Derby.
One of many famous horses buried here. They bury only the heart,
hooves, and the head.
This horse came in 6th in the 1996 Derby. He turned out to be sterile and is on display not. He won over $700,000 in his lifetime. The collar is to
prevent him from gulping air which is common among the breed in older horses..
The very first Derby winner.
My favorite horse of all time. When he died in 1973, they found that his
heart weighed about 23 pounds or over double a normal thoroughbred
Seattle Skew's part owner and Vet was a friend of my sisters as a kid and I
can remember Mukie (as he was known then) sitting in our kitchen eating
PB&J sandwiches my Mother had fixed.
Taken from the infield where 90,000 people
pretending to watch the race as they get
drunk.