LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – You know the Kentucky Derby, The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports. But the story of thoroughbred racing in America really begins with one horse born right here in the Bluegrass more than 170 years ago.
His name was Lexington, and his story in life, death and beyond is unlike anything you may have heard.
Every horse that thunders down the stretch Derby weekend carries a piece of history in its blood, and much of that history traces back to a single bay stallion born in 1850 in the city of Lexington, Kentucky. A story perhaps best told by Dr. Jim Seaver from the Kentucky Historical Society…