Well, it's derby time again and y'all know what that means...

[CAJUNLAWYER]

An all time classic right up there with fear and loathing in Las Vegas...
Like him or hate him, Hunter Thompson was .....memorable
I just took down the link to Hunter Thompson's classic screed about the Kentucky Derby-one which I have posted for years on Derby weekend to good reviews from the forum. Why? Because it contains the N word twice and I am afraid I'll get dinged for it.....Changing times

 

[SAFireman]

Heck, I was thinking mint juleps and bad hats

 

[WR Moore]

I've always treasured Groucho's comment about horse races being horse drawn vacuum cleaners (of the wallet).

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Only saw it once in person.
We drove down after a long night in Vevay, Indiana.
Parked in a front yard and headed for the infield.
When it was finally Derby time most of my group were asleep in the parking lot front yard.

 

[SMSgt]

I look forward to the derby the same way as I look forward to sex with the wife--wait a whole year for something, a lot of build up for the big event the week before, and it's over in three minutes.

 

[wood714]

Only horse race I ever went to was the Jim Beam Stakes.

When I started working at the news paper plant that printed the Hamilton, and Middletown daily papers. I started on second shift.

Only thing we printed was The Daily Racing Form.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

Does the Derby still have intoxicated, loose women wandering in the infield?

 

[Rustyt1953]

Reading the racing sheet list of entrants I was drawn to "Tawny Port".

30-1 is a long shot but my liver is rarely wrong.

 

[MaricopaKid]

Does the Derby still have intoxicated, loose women wandering in the infield?

Same ones from last year, just different hats.

 

[CH4]

I look forward to the derby the same way as I look forward to sex with the wife--wait a whole year for something, a lot of build up for the big event the week before, and it's over in three minutes.

Three minutes? Haven’t seen those kinda numbers since I was a yute

The Derby is just another unidirectional sport. Until they start going clockwise, I’ll stick to watching the cooking channel. Yawn

All kidding aside, I hope the Derby lasts another 100+ years. I am surprised the woke and PETA haven’t shut it down for some cockamamie reason.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I'd like to hang close to these ladies...

 

[robvious]

bourbon is ready..

 

[ldausmc1369]

Better bring rain gear!

 

[quikdraw67]

Derby Day is a High Holy Day for Mrs. QD67.

For me it's an excuse to drink bourbon.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Mom loves it. She stays glued to the pre-race pageantry.

She comes from a time and place where hats were more than just fashion.

 

[5-Shot]

A friend of mine from college grew up right across the street from Churchill Downs. The neighborhood kids had a hole in the fence they could crawl through. He claims to have never missed a Derby during his youth and swears he never actually saw a horse on the track!

 

[swsig]

I'm going to clean up this year with my betting, because I got the straight dope from Bob Baffert.

 

[ldausmc1369]

Just re-read Hunter Thompson’s take on the Derby circa 1970… been years since I’d read it and still laughing! Thanks for the reminder, Caj! It’s worth Googling!

 

[Bajadoc]

Nobody addresses the fact that you had to censor yourself? Pitiful.

 

[Rolex28]

The last horse I bet on still has not come around the 4th turn!!