Love it when the feed lines up. Joe Clancy, Sophie Shore

PATRIOT SPIRIT and Julio Felix easily winning the IL Derby at Hawthorne Race Course yesterday. So nice to be back at Haw for the day, so great to see so many people, even if my voiced was completely gone by the end of it!

This Kentucky Derby winner was pretty good!

SPECTACULAR BID won the 1979 Kentucky Derby, and 26 of 30 starts. 13 wins came in G1s.

This shows SPECTACULAR BID at his Milfer Farm home in Unadilla, NY, Aug. 2002. He was 26.

Bid died the next summer and was buried near this spot.

EXTERMINATOR, 1918 Kentucky Derby champion, and eventual Hall of Famer

At Belmont on the day of his Autumn Gold Cup Handicap win 9-16-1921 (unknown photographer)

The 1918 Kentucky Derby winner - EXTERMINATOR - became one of our most loved Thoroughbreds.

This shows Exterminator winning the Belmont's 1921 Autumn Gold Cup H. over Bellsolar. Hard to believe owners didn't want to race their horses at 2 miles - at least against Exterminator.

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The 1917 Kentucky Derby winner was *OMAR KHAYYAM (GB) (Marco - Lisma, by Persimmon). He was the first imported horse to win the Derby.

OMAR KHAYYAM won 13 of 32 starts, with 6 seconds, 5 thirds. Among his wins were the Brooklyn Derby, Travers, Kenner, and the Saratoga Cup. ...

#6 FAR MO POWER ($17) comes charging down the outside after being last early to win the $100,000 Page McKenney Handicap at Parx. Dexter Haddock was in the irons for Louis Linder, Jr. Congrats to all the connections!

Look between E and Y on your keyboard 😎

Don't mind me, just eating the good bread (with the ramp butter) and whoopie pies until sundown.

Truffle and Malcolm. Holding hands.

'Phelps-Farley equestrian team makes debut at Defender Kentucky five-star this week'

Nicole Russo has the news.
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GALLAHADION (*Sir Gallahad III - Countess Time, by Reigh Count) was the surprise winner of the 1940 Kentucky Derby.

In 1940, GALLAHADION also won the San Vicente, was second in the Derby Trial and Arlington Classic, was 3rd in the Preakness, etc.

Overall record: 36-6-6-4

1940 Kentucky Derby day, Churchill Downs, by Lexington photographer James W. Sames III.

Gallahadion was the surprise winner that day over heavily favored Bimelech.

A reported 1,575 win tickets ($1 to 100) were sold on Gallahadion, vs. 13,584 win tickets sold on Bimelech.

Kentucky Derby day parking lot, 1947, by the well-known Lexington, KY photographer James W. Sames III

I'm not really sure if that's Central Avenue, although I'd guess it is/was...hmmm.

Three years ago today, at Churchill Downs....

Essential Quality and a snowscape morning

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Kentucky Derby contender FOREVER YOUNG (JPN, Real Steel - Forever Darling, by Congrats) most recently won the G2 UAE Derby.

The Yoshito Yahagi trainee is undefeated in five starts, including two wins in 2024 (photo, yesterday morning at Churchill Downs).

Kentucky Oaks' contender GIN GIN (Hightail - Before You Know It, by Hard Spun) most recently ran third in the G3 Gazelle.

The Calumet Farm bred/owned Brad Cox trainee worked at Churchill yesterday with stablemate Tarifa.

Per Mike Welsch: 5F from the half 1:00.85, 3/4 in 1:14.31