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03-24-2013, 05:37 PM
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First Derby i watched was 1975. I think it was also my first time watching any race. First Derby i attended was a winning visit to the winners circle with Swale as a hotwalker in 1984..
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03-24-2013, 06:15 PM
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03-24-2013, 06:37 PM
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03-24-2013, 07:21 PM
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03-24-2013, 08:24 PM
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Sunnys Halo, i was busted from earlier in the day trying to make money to bet Sunny, who I had picked the previous year. Just before Post Time a brief downpour caused all the drunks and they were all drunks to run to the tunnels.
This gave me a better shot at getting closer to the fence and I happen to kick over a half a pack of Newport with a twenty stuck in the wrapper. Barely made it to the window and never actually saw the race til the Preakness. stayed in a hotel on the Cinncinnati side of the river and the 11 o'clock news showed about six seconds of the race I was born in 60 so on tv, lets go with 63s race
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03-24-2013, 08:31 PM
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First Derby I was at live was the Go For Gin Derby. It was a rainy mess. More importantly, I got to get out of school a day early and was there for the Kentucky Oaks on Friday...and it was an excellent Oaks.
I've been there for three downpours. The Smarty Jones year was the worst of them. The Super Saver year wasn't pleasant either.
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03-24-2013, 09:39 PM
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 Never been to the Derby live tho had many chances..My nephew in Richmond,KY had 4 box seats for a few years and invited me but didn't want to fight the crowd...
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03-24-2013, 11:45 PM
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03-25-2013, 06:45 AM
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Kentucky Derby:
1st on TV: Fusaichi Pegasus, 2000 1st and only in person: I'll Have Another, 2012. Hopefully another one one day. New Zealand Derby: In person: Great Command 1996, Zonda 1997, and every year from 1999 to 2013.
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03-25-2013, 08:22 AM
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On TV, I have vague recollections of Cannonero II, but definitely remember Riva Ridge and Secretariat. Those were prepping me for my first betting years at Ak-Sar-Ben.
In person, only one time and it was in 1990. I was pretty solid with Summer Squall and then Unbridled came whizzing by. Had fun in the infield, the couple in front of me and a buddy had tank tops and cutoff shorts while smoking pot the whole day and the couple behind us were the quintesential Southern gentleman and his wife, complete with a tux and gown. Quite the contrast. The other interesting thing about that year is that on Oaks day we could roam the entire facility and have no problems. Just wasn't as big a day as it is now. I'll go back for another, but only when I can afford to be in the Grandstand with seats.............electric event for sure!!
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03-25-2013, 10:13 AM
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Go for Gin was the worst because it rained all freaking day and it was in the 50's. On Super Saver's, it rained all night Friday, and then it somehow held off for the most part up until 7pm Saturday when it started pouring again.
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03-25-2013, 11:40 AM
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First I recall on TV - Go For Gin
First in person - Giacomo. Then Mine That Bird and Animal Kingdom. Apparently I only go to the longshot years... Lol
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03-25-2013, 12:37 PM
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First on TV: 1991, Strike the Gold
First (and so far, only) in person: 2000, Fusaichi Pegasus I'm of the 1980 'foal crop' and although I was a fan of racing before 1991 (my aunt gave me an old Bert Clark Thayer book entitled The Thoroughbred in the mid-80s, so I was enthralled by this book for years. Correction--I'm still enthralled by it!) I wasn't aware that one could watch the Derby on TV each year until my mom brought it up.
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03-25-2013, 02:35 PM
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Saw the 1986 Derby on replay that night after missing the live broadcast. Winning Colors in 1988 was my first live one and still my favorite.
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03-25-2013, 02:41 PM
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First Derby I clearly remember on TV was 1987. First "in person" experience (and still, by far, my favorite) was the 2005 version.
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03-25-2013, 03:36 PM
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Grew up in Cincinnati in 70's and 80's. My parents always went to Derby parties and my brothers and I stayed home and watched on TV.
In 2008 we decided to see it live. Standing there with Dad watching Big Brown seemingly explode to the front at the top of the stretch was unforgettable. It's now an annual pilgramage. My two brothers, Dad and I meet in Louisville every year. Spend the weekend. Dress up like idiots. Drink too many $10 Mint Juleps. Lose all of our money (except for Dad, he wins every year). And have an amazing time. Can't wait for this year.
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03-25-2013, 05:45 PM
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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. Last edited by hondo : 03-25-2013 at 06:13 PM.
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