May 5 = Derby Day. I have no idea who else is running, but my money is on Mendelssohn!
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/sports/horse-racing/mendelssohn-kentucky-derby.html
As every sportswriter in the land scrambles to explain the origin of his name… (“You know, the guy who wrote the Wedding March…”)
Post time is at 6:34 EDT; the race begins at 6:46.
Derby Day!
PHOTO: Seattle Slew, 1977.
MUSIC: “Seattle Slew,” by William Bolcom.
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