Your First Derby

[Aly-Sheba]

1973 Secretariat. A Great year to starting getting interested in horse racing as a kid!!
Never been to a Derby

[Thunder Gulch]

TV 1977 Seattle Slew
In person- Strike the Gold, and every one since. Damn' I'm old.

[Arletta]

T.V, 1977 Seattle Slew.

I don't think I would go to a live Derby even if I had the chance.. Way too many people. Unless of course it was V.I.P all the way

[my miss storm cat]

Smarty Jones, on tv.

1955, when Swaps beat Nashua. I was 13 years old, and watched it on our 10" black and white RCA Victor tv set.

I'm not sure, but I think the tv coverage of the match race between them later that year attracted a larger audience than the Derby coverage. Nashua and Arcaro turned the tables on Swaps and the Shoe.

Of course, Disney's "Davy Crockett" was the biggest thing on tv in 1955; the Dodgers winning the series was the only sports-related topic I cared about then.

[Payson Dave]

First live Derby for me was Spend A Buck....
Was at Saratoga to see Onion beat Big Red

[wild barry]

First Derby I remember watching was in 1969. Majestic Prince was the winner. 1980, we sat in the infield and saw the filly Genuine risk win. Let me correct myself, one can not see anything from the infield. Had reserved seats from 1986(Ferdinand) thru 1995 (Thunder Gulch)

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Ocala Mike

1955, when Swaps beat Nashua. I was 13 years old, and watched it on our 10" black and white RCA Victor tv set.

I'm not sure, but I think the tv coverage of the match race between them later that year attracted a larger audience than the Derby coverage. Nashua and Arcaro turned the tables on Swaps and the Shoe.

Of course, Disney's "Davy Crockett" was the biggest thing on tv in 1955; the Dodgers winning the series was the only sports-related topic I cared about then.

Swaps, my 2nd favorite horse after the '54 winner Determine...Both replaced by Secretariat in '73..
Never been to the Derby live tho had many chances..My nephew in Richmond,KY had 4 box seats for a few years and invited me but didn't want to fight the crowd...

[Rileyoriley]

Originally Posted by Aly-Sheba

1973 Secretariat. A Great year to starting getting interested in horse racing as a kid!!
Never been to a Derby

Ditto!