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Behind the Scenes with ‘Derby for Dummies’ at Churchill Downs

The minute I heard their voices, I knew exactly who they were and yet I had never met them before. I saw them on TV the night before. Local Louisville station WHAS was featuring “Derby for Dummies” and sending two of their newest employees to the Kentucky Derby for the first time. It’s easy to pick out a newbie at the Derby. There is a certain level of excitement in their voice and an aura about them that radiates joy and excitement. I was standing at the rail on the backside for the morning workouts and turned around to check them out. I said “I KNOW YOU!

Omaha Beach’s Exercise Rider Cambra Relishing the Derby Experience

NOTE: Omaha Beach was scratched from the Kentucky Derby on May 1 due to an entrapped epiglottis.

Taylor Cambra sits and looks you right in the eye. “I was a really bad kid in school from the first grade. I was naughty enough that my teachers had to call my parents often. They had to come up with a solution, so my father always took me to the track in the morning before school. It ended up going from a punishment to more of a privilege. I loved going to the track.”

Visit Horse Country: Tradition, Innovation Drive Three Chimneys Farm

For over 40 years, Three Chimneys Farm has been a major presence in the competitive Thoroughbred industry. Starting as a small family operation boarding mares in 1972 by Robert and Blythe Clay, the Woodford Co., Ky., farm entered the competitive stallion market in the early 1980s but emphasized quality over quantity in its approach.

A Louisville Local's Food and Drink Guide for Kentucky Derby Week

Louisville has a bevy of choice restaurants and bars perfectly suited for this year’s festive week leading up to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 4, and local marketing and event planning guru Joey Wagner knows the Derby City like few others do.

Q&A with ‘Sunday Today’ Host Willie Geist

Willie Geist is host of NBC’s “Sunday Today with Willie Geist”. He also is a co-host of “Morning Joe,” host of the “Sunday Sitdown” podcast, and a contributor to NBC News programs and to the NBC Sports Group, where he reports for NBC Olympics and NBC Sports Network. Geist is the co-author of Good Talk, Dad: The Birds and the Bees ... and Other Conversations We Forgot to Have.

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