Derby winning Jockey Calvin Borel and Trainer Chip Woolley along with Derby winning owners Dr. Leonard Blach and Mark Allen were in the Museum today.
Dozens of visitors to the museum signed a banner to wish MINE THAT BIRD luck in Saturday’s upcoming Preakness Race. The second leg of the Triple Crown is eagerly awaited by fans each year with more than a 30 year streak without a winner.
Kentucky Derby fans who visited Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby Museum on the day after the 135th “Run for the Roses” got a surprise gift from the team behind Mine That Bird, the 50-1 longshot that won America’s greatest race on Saturday.