Another oddball Derby story: Great Redeemer

http://horsenetwork.com/2016/04/worst-kentucky-derby-starter-ever/

Everyone remembers Spectacular Bid and Flying Paster, but Great Redeemer?

The story DOES have a very happy ending, though!

(Nowadays it’s tough to fathom a Derby with only 10 starters…)

Great story. Thanks.

I love this story. A hundred ribbons. Sometimes a career change is all anyone needs.
But now I can’t get one of my favorite hymns out of my head (“Guide me now, O Great Redeemer”), which, now that I think of it, is a very horsey hymn, its refrain ending “feed me til I want no more, feed me til I want no more.”