Illustrations

Aristides, winner of the first Kentucky Derby

Ben Ali, 1886

The famous Churchill Downs twin spires, ca. 1903

Martin J. “Matt” Winn

Churchill Downs clubhouse, ca. 1914

Edward D. “Brown Dick” Brown, ca. 1900

Isaac Burns Murphy, ca. 1890

Willie Simms, ca. 1894

Jimmy Winkfield

“Kentucky’s Fame” postcard, ca. 1910

Derby postcard, ca. 1913

Regret

Harry P. Whitney

Exterminator with jockey Albert Johnson

Willis Sharpe Kilmer

Commander J. K. L. Ross and H. G. Bedwell, ca. 1918

Sir Barton and Earl Sande

Man o’ War working out

Colonel Edward Riley Bradley, ca. 1928

Idle Hour Farm, ca. 1926

“My Old Kentucky Home”

Confederate monument, Third Street, Louisville

General John Hunt Morgan memorial, old courthouse lawn, Lexington

Postcard advertising special Derby trains on the Illinois Central Railroad

Automobiles in Churchill Downs parking lot, Derby Day, 1927

Helen Hay Whitney

Broker’s Tip, Don Meade up

Boy caught red-handed with tools to enter Churchill Downs illegally, 1935

1934 Derby winner’s circle

Guards try to keep order at the 1935 Derby

Omaha with William “Smokey” Saunders up

William Woodward Sr.

Ladies’ clothing storefront window showcasing Derby fashion, ca. 1930s

Garden area on the grounds of Churchill Downs on Derby Day, ca. 1930

Mrs. Samuel D. Riddle with War Admiral

Ad for Crab Orchard bourbon, 1937

1940 trophy presentation

Whirlaway winning 1941 Belmont Stakes

Citation with Eddie Arcaro, 1948

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wright, 1948

Bill Shoemaker

Assault with Warren Mehrtens up, 1946

Matt Winn

WHAS TV camera, 1953

Group from Frankfort relaxes in the infield, 1950s

Couple attending the Kentucky Derby, 1976

Secretariat

Seattle Dancer

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum

Fusaichi Pegasus winning the Derby, 2000

War Emblem winning the Derby, 2002

Prince Ahmed bin Salman with Bob Baffert

Thunder Gulch winning the Derby, 1995

Team Funny Cide, 2003 trophy presentation

Funny Cide winning the Derby, 2003

Smarty Jones winning the Derby, 2004

Genuine Risk with her first foal

Winning Colors winning the Derby, 1988

D. Wayne Lukas

Bill Shoemaker on Ferdinand, 1986

Charlie Whittingham

Unbridled winning the Derby, 1990

Bob Baffert

Silver Charm, 1997

Charismatic winning the Derby, 1999

Arthur Boyd Hancock III

Charlie Whittingham and Sunday Silence

Sunday Silence and Easy Goer

Calvin Borel, 2007

Mine That Bird trophy presentation, 2009

Barbaro winning the Derby, 2006