What they’re following closely is their hats, and their suits.”īut in the grandstand, news rippled quietly through the crowd, and many pondered they mystery of what was happening. I think a lot of people aren’t following the news so closely.

“Look around, look at all this enthusiasm. “People come for the party, for the experience,” Dietrich said. It was a jarring contrast to reports of yet another horse being loaded into an equine ambulance in the stable area, just on the opposite side of the racetrack.Īll Dietrich could think to do was say a prayer before each race that day, and then keep enjoying the famous festivities. A seventh horse died later in the day.īut here, in every direction, Derby-goers in fancy dresses and seersucker suits posed for selfies, fluffed the feathers in their hats and sipped mint juleps. News had just broken that a sixth horse had died in the days and hours leading into the Derby. “Lord, let the horses get all the way around safe,” Dietrich said, watching the race Saturday on a giant screen erected amid the party in Churchill Downs’ courtyard. (AP) - As the horses were loaded into the starting gate, Tedi Dietrich whispered a prayer.

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