Six questions about peach baskets worth $4.3 million, a rearview mirror that won a race, and the year the Rose Bowl gave up on football — all true.
Your first question:
On May 17, 1875, about 10,000 people gathered at a brand-new Louisville track to watch a chestnut colt named Aristides win the very first Kentucky Derby. Something about the riders that day would surprise most modern race fans. What was it?
