[Kathy in Alaska]

ARGH!!!!! I’ve been thinking about the Derby all week and forgot about it. Darn.

[ConorMacNessa]

For once I managed to get to the set just as they were loading the steeds into the gate. A very muddy track today. During the course of the race, they posted a little box showing the speed of the lead horse. It was showing 38 mph. I was impressed with that kind of speed on such a sloppy track. I wonder what they could do on a fast track.

I have many fond memories of watching the Derby with my Father, who was an Equestrian, from the time he gave pony rides as a child with his uncle in West Philly, through his adult life. After he retired from the Navy, he kept and bred Morgans on his farm in Burtonsville, Maryland.



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)