Ky Derby 2016

Ky Derby 2016

For me – the Kentucky Derby marks the start of the ‘good’ time of the year.  

For others, it might be Memorial Day – traditional start of summer on the last Monday in May . . . or the start of the Major League baseball season in first week of April . . . or the Vernal Equinox, or the last frost date – whatever, but for dyed-in-the-wool horse racing fans – it’s the “Derby.”

Life (at least horse-racing life) seems to wake up again as Derby Day approaches. It never fails to excite, and a happy anticipation builds towards that first Saturday in May.  The old bankroll can ‘wake up’ again as well.  The Derby has had some monster payouts in its recent history . . .

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