FRONT
FRONT OF
FRONT OF YOUR EYES-- AND THEN THERE'S
THERE'S
EVERYTHING LEFT BEHIND. IN TONIGHT'S WHAS11 VAULT WE'RE PAYING
HOMAGE TO TODAY THE DAY AFTER
DERBY.
A DAY THAT'S EARNED A REPUTATION
OF ITS
OF ITS
OF ITS OWN OVER THE YEARS.
THE RACETRACK IS FULL OF
TRADITIONS. TRADITIONS THAT CONTINUE ON THE DAY
AFTER DERBY..
SOT
21:36:05: "SWEEPING GARBAGE
NATS" "THEY
CAME BY THE HUNDREDS. NOT TO BET
ON THE RACES, THAT WAS SATURDAY.
BUT TO CLEAN UP ."
CHURCHILL DOWNS. 1979.128-THOUSAND FANS ATTENDED
THE 105TH RUN FOR THE
ROSES.. EATING, DRINKING, BETTING. BUT MOSTLY LITTERING.
SOT
21:36:05:
SOT 21:36:05: "HUNDREDS OF TONS OF TRASH WAS
STREWN FROM THE GRANDSTAND TO
THE
INFIELD. FROM THE BETTING
WINDOWS TO THE PADDOCK AREA."
BUT ITS NOT ALL WASTE LEFT
BEHIND. IN
FACT. SOME PEOPLE UNKNOWINGLY
ABANDON THEIR WINNINGS.. SOT
21:36:40:
21:36:40: "IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS
THIS
THIS TRASH HERE AT CHURCHILL DOWNS ARE
DOZENS AND DOZENS OF WINNING
TICKETS
WHICH WILL GO FOREVER
UNCLAIMED."
AND FOR THOSE DOING THE DIGGING.
ITS
ITS
ITS FINDERS KEEPERS. SOT
21:37:04: "I FOUND EIGHTEEN
DOLLARS
LAST YEAR. AND CASHED IN ON THE
MONEY."
MONEY."
MONEY." SOT 21:37:30 "WE'RE GOING TO
SEPERATE THEM
TONIGHT WHEN WE GET HOME AND
HOPEFULLY
WE'LL FIND A WINNER."
SOT
21:36:54: "THERE IT GOES ANOTHER
TRUCKLOAD OF YOUR GARBAGE ON ITS
WAY TO THE DUMP."
BUT LEFTOVER TRASH ISN'T THE ONLY AFTER DERBY TRADITION.
SOT
SOT
21:32:06:
21:32:06: NATS "SING OUR SONG FOR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME"
.THE STARS OF THE SHOW HAVE
TRADITIONS OF THEIR OWN AFTER
THE RUN
FOR THE ROSES...
SOT
21:32:34: "RACE NATS"
1977 DERBY WINNER SEATTLE SLEW
WAS A
BIG WIN FOR HIS OWNERS. SOT
21:32:36: "FOR MICKEY AND KAREN
TAYLOR
WHO BOUGHT THE COLT AT A
KEENELAND
YEARLING SALE FOR A MODEST
SEVENTEEN
THOUSAND AND CHANGE IT WAS THE
ULTIMATE RETURN ON THEIR
INVESTMENT." AND THE RETURNS WOULD KEEP COMING. AFTER WINNING THE DERBY SEATTLE
SLEW WOULD GO ON TO WIN THE
PREAKNESS STAKES AND BELMONT STAKES.
BECOMING
THE TENTH HORSE TO WIN THE
TRIPLE
CROWN.
TRIPLE CROWN. SOT
CROWN. SOT 19:48:58: "ANNOUNCING NATS" TEN
YEARS LATER FERDINAND TRIED TO
FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. HIS TRAINER-- CHARLES WHITTINGHAM--
SAID IT
SAID IT
SAID IT WAS MORE THAN A HOPED FOR TRADITION. IT WAS THE
EXPECTATION.
SOT
EXPECTATION. SOT 19:48:20: "WHY ARE YOU HERE NOW?
BECAUSE I
BECAUSE I
BECAUSE I WON THE DERBY. YOU GOT TO GO TO
THE
THE
THE PREAKNESS. THE LAST GUY GOT IN TROUBLE
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T. THEY HOLLERED
AT HIM
BECAUSE HE WON THE DERBY
THEN HE WASN'T
A GENTLEMAN."
UNFORTUNATELY-- FERDINAND
FINISHED
SECOND IN THE PREAKNESS--
PUTTING
HIS POST DERBY PLANS TO BED. BUT
FOR THE
FOR THE
FOR THE MAN WHO CALLED HIS RACE. ITS WAS
JUST
JUST
JUST THE
JUST THE BEGINNING. SOT
19:49:11 "EVIDENTLY THEY LIKED
THE WORK
I'D BEEN DOING WITH THE DERBY
AND THEY
WANTED TO TRY ME IN THE
PREAKNESS."
MIKE BATTAGLIA
WENT ON TO HAVE A TENURED CAREER
AS A
AS A
AS A TRACK ANNOUNCER AT TURFWAY PARK
AND
AND
AND CHURCHILL DOWNS. AS FOR OUR FINAL DAY AFTER DERBY
THROW
THROW
THROW BACK. LETS RE-VISIT RACE DAY IN
1933.
1933.
1933. SOT
1933. SOT 15:59:32: "HEAD PLAY WENT TO THE
FRONT EASILY. INCREASED HIS LEAD
ON THE STRETCH TURN AND BUMPED
THE WINNER. BUMP MAY NOT BE THE
MOST ACCURATE OF VERBS. PUSHING
TUGGING PULLING EVERYTHING. EVEN
AN ANGRY CRACK OF THE WHIP AT
THE FINISH LINE." THE 1933 DERBY MADE FAMOUS FOR
THIS PHOTOGRAPH. CAPTURING A
PICTURE PERFECT MOMENT BETWEEN
THE JOUSTING JOCKEYS.
SOT
SOT 16:00:19: "IF HE DIDN'T TAKE THAT PICTURE IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST ANOTHER
RACE. IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN ABOUT.
BUT HE WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
TAKE THAT PICTURE AND THAT'S WHAT MADE
WHAT MADE
ALL
ALL THE
ALL THE CONTROVERSY." FAST FORWARD FIFTY YEARS-- WHAS11 WAS
THERE FOR A SPECIAL DAY AFTER
DERBY REUNION-- THAT HAD BEEN DECADES IN THE
MAKING.
SOT
MAKING. SOT 16:00:34: "I JUST THINK IT WAS
TWO ORDINANRY PEOPLE THAT GOT IN
A ROUGH
A ROUGH
A ROUGH RACE AND THEY WERE BALLTING DOWN
TO SEE WHO COULD GET THERE
FIRST. AND WHEN I PUSHED HIM OFF ME. HE GOT A
LITTLE EXCITED I
THINK. AND HE JUST STARTED
BATTLING
WITH ME AND I'M BATTLING WITH
HIM AND IT WAS JUST MAN TO MAN
DOWN TO THE
FINISH."
FATE OR NOT THE RACE LEAD THE
TWO TO
BECOME FRIENDS AND THEN
NEIGHBORS...
BOTH RETIRING TO HOLLYWOOD
FLORIDA.
SOT
FLORIDA. SOT 16:01:13: "WHEN THE TWO LOCK
ARMS UNDER THE TWIN SPIRES TODAY
IT IS AS THE
BEST OF FRIENDS. NO LONGER THE BITTER RIVALS OF THE FINISH THAT
WILL LIVE
WILL LIVE
WILL LIVE FOREVER." PROVING THE TRADITIONS OF THE
TRACK LIVE ON FAR PAST THE
FINISH LINE.
FINISH LINE.