Kentucky Derby Fast Facts

Interested in knowing more about the The Kentucky Derby? Sure, you can find tons of statistics and gorgeous pictures of horses like we did - or you can just keep reading for some pretty interesting facts. Beyond the hats and Mint Juleps, it is the most exciting two minutes in sports - although Triple Crown winner Secretariat holds the record for completing the 1 ¼ mile race in 1:59.40 in 1973. Did you also know that the post-time favorite has won the race each of the last five years? This year, expected favorite Justify will try to emulate Orb (2013), California Chrome (2014), American Pharoah (2015), Nyquist (2016) and Always Dreaming (2017). And although Super Bowl tickets could fetch as much as $7,000, "Mansion" seating at the Derby will cost nearly $15,000 per person. Finally - and perhaps our most who-keeps-up-with-this-stuff statistic - horses whose first initial is “A” have won the race 11 times from 96 tries, including Always Dreaming’s win last year. In fact, the 11.5% success rate is higher than any other initial. Now you know - tally ho!

Derby Day Today

A good read:

http://msn.foxsports.com/horseracing/story/storylines-to-follow-at-the-kentucky-derby-050313

Modern Family Quotes from "Lifetime Supply"

Benjamin Bratt returns this week as Javier, taking Manny to the horse races for his birthday and Phil takes stock of his life after a visit to the doctor.

Here are the quotes:

Phil: Let's dim the lights crank up the Norah Jones and get this over with...

Cam: It was very Colin Firth.

Alex: I don't get out of bed for a trophy that size.

Gloria: Suddenly a black mouse showed up.

Gloria: He was a mouse, he didn't know how to talk.

Manny: Matt Damon in "Bagger Vance"

Jay: There's you black mouse.

Javier: Golf is for old men and women who like women.

Gloria: Petting Zoo was the name of the stripper club.

Cam: We're a couple of winners, aren't we.

Phil: I won a lifetime supply of razor blades.

Luke: See you in hell, Klaus.

Phil: Claire, I'm tender under my arm.

Claire: I'm sure you're fine.

Phil: That's very comforting coming from a marketing major at a party school.

Javier: I look the horse in the eye.

Javier: In some previous life, maybe I was a horse.

Jay: Or part of a horse.

Cam: Awardzzzzz.

Cam: I signed autographs, Best Fishes, Cameron Tucker.

Cam: You're going to be free falling, Tom Petty.

Gloria: I think I suck in a little bug.

Phil: Just taking it all in.

Mitchell: I was acting like a 14 year old girl.

Phil: Hey Walt, you ever think about death.

Walt: I'm 85, it's my best friend.

Phil: There is 70% chance I'm going to die.

Javier: The eyes, they do not lie.

Mitchell: I was going to make a big display.

Gloria: It's worse than I thought.

Gloria: The body is not even cold yet!

Jay: I can't believe I bought a coffee cake over this.

Phil: There is still a 5% chance I'll make it!

Javier: I give him 6 months.