{"id":397,"date":"2005-05-07T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-07T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/05\/397.html"},"modified":"2005-05-07T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-07T11:30:00","slug":"397-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/05\/397-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ONE MINT JULEP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kentucky Derby 131<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today is one of the biggest days on the Yurasko calendar &#8212; our annual <b>Kentucky Derby Party<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year we have some good friends over to my &#8216;rents hosue and celebrate the greatest two minutes in sports with mint juleps, the singing of &#8220;My Old Kentucky Home&#8221; (poorly), dollar bets, and lots of food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Full coverage of the race it available on <i>The Courier-Journal&#8217;s<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/section?Category=SPORTS08\"><b>Web site<\/b><\/a>. I met some folks from this Louisville paper during training at work and they were alright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, I have not really followed the field, but I am pretty sure <b>George Steinbrenner&#8217;s<\/b> horse, <b>Bellamy Road<\/b> (5\/2), is not going to win; the favorite never does and this guy cannot buy a break these days. Perhaps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/mld\/centredaily\/sports\/horse_racing\/kentucky_derby\/11534914.htm\"><b>Jeremy Rose of Bellefonte<\/b><\/a> (<i>CDT<\/i>) will be the winner aborad <b>Afleet Alex<\/b> (9\/2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And of course, I would be remiss if I did not link to <b>Hunter S. Thompson&#8217;s<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.derbypost.com\/hunter.html\"><b>The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved<\/b><\/a> (<i>derbypost.com<\/i>). This article, originally from <i>Scanlon&#8217;s Magazine<\/i>, was the birth of Gonzo journalism (for better or worse) and his first collabaration with illustrator <b>Ralph Stedman<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Official site: <a class=\"smhread\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kentuckyderby.com\/\"><b>KentukcyDerby.com<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky Derby 131 Today is one of the biggest days on the Yurasko calendar &#8212; our annual Kentucky Derby Party. 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