Told you I was a horse nut. There is one thing I enforce around here: I get approximately 6 guaranteed minutes of silence in this house every year. 2 minutes for the running of the Kentucky Derby, 2 minutes for the Preakness and 2 minutes for the Belmont. Those are approximate. I know the actual averages and records and for this purpose…2 minutes works just fine.
So…I was searching for TV schedules so I wouldn’t miss the damned race…at some point, the post time changed from around 5:38 to closer to 6:04…of course, this was a while ago but after actually MISSING a freaking race one year…I’m totally paranoid now. I happened to have found some incredibly awesome videos of past races on YouTube. Check these out:
SECRETARIAT - 1973 Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby 132 - Barbaro (2006) (ok, this one had me crying…he was such an amazing amazing horse - and I’m NOT linking to his breakdown video cause I just can’t bear to watch Edgar Prado reacting to the situation or Barbaro holding up his leg)
2007 Kentucky Derby - Street Sense This was such an amazing trip for Street Sense and Calvin Borel - Watch the rail just open up for them as they work their way from the back of the pack to the front position!
There are a ton more and I’m tired, so….I’ll probably look through more tomorrow, but you can always just check out the related videos yourself
Going to dream of Twin Spires and Post Parades…nite!!
:)
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