Who was your first?

[my miss storm cat]

... your first Derby horse, that is.

... and I don't mean who you hit the big score with... I mean your first one even if you didn't have a dime on him (or her).

Even if it was back when you were a kid...that's the one I want to hear about.

[Arletta]

Seattle Slew is the one that got me hooked. I remember sitting at the kitchen tables in the mornings eating my bowl of cereal and reading anything I could find that pertained to the Kentucky Derby. Back then, that was the only information we got.

[IrishofNDMan]

I turned 18 the day before the 2004 Derby... My brother brought me to Great Lakes downs on Derby day and I bet Friends Lake, was hooked on racing that day.

[casp0555]

I'm a late "bloomer"...I remember Barbaro, poor Barbaro. May he rest in peace.

[DaTruth]

Taylor's Special in 1984.

[keithting]

1976 - Bold Forbes going wire to wire over my select of Honest Pleasure

[Duvalier]

Fly So Free

[Calzone Lord]

Coronado's Quest. Was so happy when he dug in and fought off Captain Bodgit.

- Freddy Mo

[Ogygian]

Was a big Demons Begone fan, heard he bled, wasn't really ever the same after that.

[tanner12oz]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

... your first Derby horse, that is.

... and I don't mean who you hit the big score with... I mean your first one even if you didn't have a dime on him (or her).

Even if it was back when you were a kid...that's the one I want to hear about.

first derby I remember was giacomo closing argument afleet Alex...pretty sure I played andromadas hero

[Kasept]

Easy Goer undoubtedly, by virtue of seeing him so often from the beginning. But the first 'reaches' where I thought 2yo's were going to become really good horses were Yonder (didn't make Derby) & Lost Mountain (made Derby)..

[Big Peps]

Funny Cide.. Close to home

[PJR 3.0]

Originally Posted by Big Peps

Funny Cide.. Close to home

I'm quite close to Sackatoga Stables too. As for my first Derby hit, Grandma took us to the OTB, $2 to win on Sea Hero, '93, hooked for life.

[Big Peps]

Originally Posted by PJR 3.0

I'm quite close to Sackatoga Stables too. As for my first Derby hit, Grandma took us to the OTB, $2 to win on Sea Hero, '93, hooked for life.

Was at a wedding day Funny Cide won Preakness... My wife's grandmother was adamant that we head to OTB to place a win bet on him between wedding and reception. Great times. Now if it was just me who wanted to place the bet, wife would have been peeved to say the least but here 78 year old grandmother, well that was different. Had a few manhattans, placed the bet and the rest is history

[OldDog]

Although I was old enough to be aware of the great horses who ran in the 70s, it wasn't until later that I came to a fuller appreciation of just how tremendous they were. My "first" was when I was getting my feet wet hot walking at the Lexington training center. Swale was from just up the road and was all the talk. Unfortunately he also taught me just how quickly the highs can be followed by the absolute lows.