Might be going to the Derby

[Claytons Crew]

So last year a family friend was in the Derby and he took me to take care of the horse. I didn't do much but walk it. Well this year my Dad has a horse that is on the Derby list this year.

To get into the Kentucky Derby you need to have a certain amount of money to get in. We only had $50,000 leading up to this race and needed about $100,000 to guarantee a spot. We ended up winning today and earned $90,000 bumping the horses total to $140,000. That's around 23rd and only 20 run in the Derby. We need 3 in the top 20 NOT to go to Kentucky and then we will be on our way.

Hey Byrn was the horse that was 4th 2 weeks ago in the Florida Derby. He won today and the race was live on ESPN and Hank loves our horse. He kept asking my Dad a whole bunch of questions, I was just happy to shake his hand after the race...he can't even say 3 words without taking a big deep breath.

[robino2001]

good luck to you - would be cool to make it in. How often do those qualified not attend?

[Claytons Crew]

Quite often. Sometimes horses from California don't want to make the trip all the way to Kentucky and some get hurt. We should be ok at this point because 2 have confirmed they aren't going.

[Claytons Crew]

Here's the race...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukSosrgRtBs

A horse that used this race as a prep for the Kentucky Derby was Barbaro.