Derby Day 2026
I arrived home earlier than anticipated, just in time to watch the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby. I was not there at Churchill downs and have never been there on the first Saturday in May. But my nephew (among other friends) was in attendance, and he somehow caught the attention of photographers, and that is how his picture (above) ended up in the Sunday edition of the Courier-Journal (which happened to me once, many years ago, when I was ice-skating with my wife, but that is another story). The Derby is my story this week, and what a Derby it was.
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