Not yet recovered.

It has been a fun weekend.

Spent too much money.

Drank one beer and two glasses of wine, which for me was probably overdoing it.

Closed out the celebration with Sunday Brunch at Carly Rae's at 1st and Oak streets.

*****

You have to wonder. The third largest crowd ever attended the race yesterday. This in spite of the dire predictions of wind and storm from Louisville's band of weather forecasters, all of whom were determined to have their turn in the sun, so to speak.

None of it happened. The sun shone bright. The attendance was 156,635. The only larger crowds were in 1974, when 163,628 fans attended the 100th Derby, and the 157,536 who came out last year to see Barbaro begin her heroic run. Should Churchill Downs (always looking for that additional buck, after all at $7.00 for a beer, they apparently needed some additional financial underpinning) and the Louisville - Jefferson County Metro (also endlessly in search of additional fees (but not taxes)) sue the weatherforecasters for causing people to stay away, spend less money, cause the economy to dip, and all the damnable results of "what could have been"?

Just a thought.

By the way, the big winner was Street Sense by a margin of 2 and 1/4 lengths. The winning jockey was Louisianan Calvin Borel. The horse was trained by Carl Nafzger and owned by Jim Tafel. The winning time was 2:02.17 minutes. A two dollar bet paid $11.80 to win.

The 134th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for May 3, 2008.