The Derby – Bill Levy, 1967 ★★½

The Most Exciting 200 Minutes of Sports

Since 1875, the Kentucky Derby has been drawing the greatest race horses ever known. Okay, not Man O’ War or Seabiscuit, or famous 20^th century racehorses outside North America. But hundreds of top American thoroughbreds have beaten their hooves along the dirt track of Churchill Downs for what is often called “the most exciting two minutes of sports.” After nearly 100 years of this, Bill Levy wrote a coffee-table book commemorating the event.