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1 2 8 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 4.14 D E R B Y H O R S E NATIVE HABITAT Backside, Horse Farm, Watering Trough, Paddock, Starting Gate, Winner's Circle (fngers hooves crossed) MEMORIES OF EIGHT BELLES (lump in throat) LITTLE PONY (at heart) FLEET FEET! LASIX STRONG AS AN OX FANCY HAIRDO DON'T STAND DIRECTLY BEHIND A HORSE. MAKE IT YOUR MANTRA: "I WILL NOT LOSE MY PEGASUS PIN THIS YEAR, I WILL NOT LOSE MY PEGASUS PIN THIS YEAR, I WILL NOT…" Steve Andriot, president of a distribution company called Dri-View, stands on a warehouse foor in Shepherdsville, just of I-65, and looks out over three tables, adjusting his glasses. About 10 people stand on either side of each table. They are young, old, men, women. Piles of black-and-metallic- silver plastic pins shaped like the downtown skyline shine on the tables. The litle Louisvilles are passed around, pressed through cards and packed into envelopes. These are glued to sheets of card- board. They read Kroger, Walmart, Meijer. The Kentucky Derby Festival's 42nd edition Pegasus Pins — which get you into various Derby Festival events, like the Chow Wagon and the Great Bed Races — have been packaged the same way since 1994, when Dri-View started working with KDF. "Tradition," Andriot says. Andriot and a couple others leave the foor and head into an ofce. A woman there looks up from her computer. She starts to get up but relaxes when Andriot nods at her. She continues to eye the intruders unfamiliar to her. Young tries a door. It's locked. He knocks. Joyce Paulete, an elderly lady with a quick smile, opens up and motions the group inside. She sits at a table in the center of the room. Another elderly woman sits opposite Paulete. The table is covered in gold pins. One out of every 12 pins is gold. Anyone with a gold pin has a chance to win a Honda. It's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with beter odds. And an SUV. Paulete has been doing this for 20 years. She holds her chin, trying to answer the question about why she's been working with Pegasus Pins for two decades. She smiles, says, "I guess they trust me." Ñ Dylon Jones Photo by Lynn Hafele 118 TIP WINNING TICKET? TIP YOUR MUTUEL CLERK. 119 TIP 121 TIP DRINK SOME WATER EVERY NOW AND THEN. 120 TIP 112-128.indd 128 3/20/14 10:11 AM