I didn't watch it live and know nothing about the horses in the race but the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby was a 3 way photo finish with a 18-1 long shout -- Mystic Dan -- winning the race by a nose.
The announcer blew the call naming another horse in the lead at the turn before the straight away to the finish & only figured out that Mystic Dan was in the lead until he broke away out in front beyond the turn.
Mystic Dan faded and was lucky to get the win, holding off betting favorites Sierra Leone (3-1) in 2nd and Forever Young (7-1) in 3rd.
SEVERAL good looking things coming to (and already on) Switch that Nintendo showed in their Direct yesterday. Contra: Operation Galuga, Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble, Another Crab's Treasure, Penny's Big Breakaway, and most importantly (for me), POCKET CARD JOCKEY is NOW on Switch in the form of Ride On! 🤯 (See the 2nd link below for the full Direct with all the games.)
I LOVE PCJ on 3DS. My friend on Twitter got me hooked on it. So cool that more people will get to play this new Switch version since the 3DS store shut down and you can't grab that one anymore. It's a super weird concept, you play solitaire to race horses. It's addictive and amazing.
Living fairly close to Brighton Racecourse I occasionally pop by on race days. The course runs across public land so is easily accessible, and you can get some decent snaps if you plan where you are going to set up. #horses#racing#HorseRacing#Brighton
Just under a week to go before our first performance of
The King's Delight:
A programme of #music, words & #song from Restoration Britain. #Ballads about the #Plague, the Great Fire, the Frost Fair, #horseracing, #chocolate & #coffee; loyal songs & #theatre songs; tavern rounds, dance music, and divisions and solos for the #violin, #viol & #cittern. Includes music by Jenkins, Bannister, Simpson, #Locke, #Purcell, and #Playford; words and lyrics from Pepys, Evelyn, #Shakespeare, & Aphra Behn.
For far too long, #horseracing has been given cover under the banner of sport, indeed “The Sport of Kings.” In truth, horseracing, at its most basic level, is but a simple vehicle for gambling. Life for the typical racehorse is ugly and mean and many horses suffer injuries and die. 🐎
Governor Hochul, be bold, set an example for the rest of the nation by moving our collective morality forward. End the cruelty. End the suffering. End the killing. #EndHorseracing.