Derby Day 2023!

It's Derby Day! Even though I do not follow horse racing, I am looking forward to watching today's race - I try to always watch the Triple Crown races.

My Derby decor has been out for two weeks - I especially love my six glass Derby glass collection that is displayed right now on our player piano. Each glass represents one of my kids as it has the year of the race it represents on it. That year is also the year each one of my kids was born.

My Breyer Quarter Horse Refrigerator with jockey Kip Dideriksen riding him has been brought out of the china cabinet and is displayed between the glasses.

And my metallic horses and jockeys are racing across a very small table in the living room.

This is the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby and there are 20 horses in the field. As I write, Forte is the 3-1 favorite, with Tapi Trice at 5-1 and Angel of Empire at 8-1. (I love Thoroughbred names!)

A month ago, with help from some readers, I learned that my QH gelding Cee Hunt shared connections with Cee's Tizzy who was the sire of Belmont winner Tiz the Law. Tiz the Law won the Belmont Stakes in 2020 and was released as a Breyer model in 2021 and then glossed for the 2022 Customer Appreciation Event.

Just as I don't follow horse racing, I don't collect many racehorses and did not have a Tiz the Law. But after learning of Cee's connection to him, I had planned to look for one at BreyerFest this summer. However, when we were horse trading in my living room last weekend, Steff pulled one out of her tub that she was selling.  It's mine now!

Also on display to celebrate the Derby is a horseshoe that Liz brought me back from Louisville a few years ago. She got it at Churhill Downs, and it was worn by a horse who ran on that track. There is still dirt in it. (Which is why it's wrapped in plastic.

I keep it and a shoe that Amy wore on display stands in my sewing room.

Despite how close I live to Louisville and how quickly I can get to Churchill Downs, I have never seen the Derby in person. I've gone to the track for an afternoon of racing and eaten dinner in the restaurant overlooking the track and watched even more races, but I've never seen the Derby. It's on my bucket list.

Someday.