On an unusually cool Saturday, over 150,000 people gathered at Churchill Downs for the 152nd Kentucky Derby to drink, smoke cigars and watch a series of exhilarating horse races. Derby Day can often reach about 80 degrees, so I’m happy my first visit was a comfortable 65 degrees, though I did need a jacket.
It was a thrill to be there for the first time, and that excitement is something a lot of folks chase year after year. That includes Ken Badaway, who was at his 40th Derby camped out in the infield with his family.
“I came the first time when I was a senior in college, and I’ve come back every year since, except for the COVID year,” Badaway said…