Your First Derby

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First Derby I was at was 1980 Genuine Risk and continued to go for 12 years straight ....the stories I could tell. The first was memorable..we were doing pretty good all day and I had talked my friend off of Genuine Risk and onto Rockhill Native...where he proceeded to lose everything....he was not very a happy.

Funny thing was that when I went I was 1 for 12 when I went there and since then had 8 winners since.......maybe it was to many beers and Mint Juleps. My only winner there was Swale in 1984 ..... I remember when the race went off I was drinking in the infield all day with some guys who just got out of the Navy. I had a 250 win ticket on Swale and 74 dollars in my pocket.. just before the race I went up to the window and put another 70 on Swale and had enough for a Mint Julep. When the race went off I had a $320 win ticket, a quarter and a Mint Julep to my name. Only other good day at CD was the Easy Goer/Sunday Silence Derby...In 1989, I loved Easy Goer and had a good win bet on him...my only consolation was the $ 100 exact box i had on Sunday Silence and Easy Goer.