Shades of gray rare among Kentucky Derby favourites, winners
by Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press
Posted Apr 27, 2021 3:07 am EDT
Last Updated Apr 27, 2021 at 3:14 am EDT
FILE - Jockey Luis Saez rides Essential Quality to win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile horse race at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., in this Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, file photo. Essential Quality is expected to be the first grey horse favored to win the Kentucky Derby in 25 years. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Chris Goodlett has walked around Churchill Downs many times since joining the Kentucky Derby Museum and heard admiring fans say to each other, “Oh, look at that beautiful gray horse.”