Praise The Horse & Pass The Bourbon

Growing up in southeastern Kentucky, the Derby was largely a non-event, NASCAR was about the only racing that concerned us. Moving to Louisville to attend the university, it seemed like that was about all my city kid classmates could talk about. Wanted to go and see what all the fuss was about but couldn't cough up the $50 USD for a ticket to the infield (not even cheap seats, just a grassy field with no view), so I did the next best thing and got a job at the track. Got to see a several runnings of the rosy race, albeit from a different perspective than most.