OK I'm back already with a hat purchase. There's a hat-lady from Hilton Head who sets up a shop here in Louisville for the Derby. I bought a very nice hat from her, but not before she got mad at me for taking photos. "It's a designer thing" she said, meaning of course she didn't want her hat ideas to be copied. Hmm, does she have photos of her hats ( Read more... )

Street Sense breezed this morning, his final timed work this week. He will continue to gallop each day into the Derby. Here's an article in today's USA Today about Street Sense.

Here are some photos I took this morning:

The press crowd following Street Sense to the track grows each day....


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We arrived in Louisville yesterday, the weather here is great. It's warm, a bit warmer than you'd expect, like about 80 degrees! As all things, the weather will change but for now it is really nice here for Derby Week. Street Sense went out at 7 am this morning for a routine gallop.

All the Derby contenders have a saddletowel with their name on it, ( Read more... )

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I am reading "The Secret"  a book by Rhonda Byrne. I haven't seen the DVD version, but am enjoying the book. If you have read any self help books in your life, then The Secret is no real secret...it's about positive thinking, the power of attraction and visualizing what you want.

Jack Canfield, author of The Success Principles and creator of the ( Read more... )

Up until a few days ago, I had no idea what I was going to wear to the Derby. We made our Louisville hotel reservations for this year's Derby five months ago, after Street Sense won the Breeders Cup Juvenile. Yet here we are in late April, two weeks before the Derby, and I still hadn't pulled together the clothing part of the equation.

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Here is the Bluegrass Stakes, Street Sense's final race before the Kentucky Derby. He ran second, beaten a nose:

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And here is Street Sense winning the Tampa Bay Derby on March 17, 2007:

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Undefeated Curlin is the 7-2 favorite in the Kentucky Derby Future Book wagering, with Street Sense second favorite at 6-1 odds. (The actual Derby post time favorite will be determined right before the race runs, this is just the early book favorite wagering.) Curlin has won all three of his races by wide margins in smashing, front running style. ( Read more... )

Depending on who you are (blogging is strange because people I know and don't know stop by), you are aware or not that Clint is a futures trader. We were in the horse racing business together for a couple decades before quitting the business and moving to the Rocky Mountains ten years ago.

CNBC West Coast reporter Jane Wells is going to do a story ( Read more... )