A.E. Housman’s famous poem says it all: “When I was one-and-twenty.”
Oh, the irony of it all. Had Lookin at “Lucky” drew No. 1 in the
Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) in any year from 1998
to 2009, he would have had the No. 1 choice of post position in the
selection process that was used during those years. But with the return
to the tradition draw, No. 1 meant post position, not selection order.
And, we all know no one wants Post 1.
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