side. we're barreling down the stretch. >> reporter: conway, who owns the horse with his father tom, a longtime kentucky horseman, is having the time of his life. >> i own one-half of one thoroughbred and he's in the kentucky derby. i feel like the luckiest guy in the world. >> reporter: when it comes to kentucky politics he may be. conway spent the week leading up to the world's most famous horse race campaigning on the churchill downs back stretch, talking to locals in the language they understand. horse racing. >> how you? i'm jack. nice to see you. >> i saw your team. >> my son has your horse. >> good. hope you had a nice dinner. he went off 40-1. >> reporter: conway's opponent, lieutenant governor, doesn't agree with all of the horsing around. even if it has provided conway a free media platform all week. >> ordinary kentuckians don't understand what it means to have a million dollar horse on derby day when they're having trouble paying their mortgage. i'm not sure if it is a