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APR 2017

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148 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 4.17 BOARD BACK Photo by Ted Tarquinio Never Forget Quick: Who won the Derby last year? Yeah, we couldn't remember either when somebody asked us in early February. Maybe it was the post-Pharoah hangover muddling our memory. To recap: In 2015, American Pharoah became the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. Thirty- seven years! Not an easy act to follow. In mid-March, on U of L's campus and on Bardstown Road in the Highlands, we did a flash poll of 50 passersby. We wanted to know: Can you recall who won the Derby last year? Forty-six of them couldn't come up with the answer. They said: "I want to say it's the Pharoah spelled wrong"; "If I saw the field I could pick it out"; "I should know because I won like $50, but I also had a few beers"; "No, we just moved here from Jersey." Only four people — including one guy who works at Churchill Downs — correctly remembered the Most Forgettable Derby Winner: Nyquist. — Robert Mudd

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