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Colonel Matt Winn (center) was known as "Mr. Derby." He loved the Kentucky Derby so much he was its biggest promoter and started the tradition of singing "My Old Kentucky Home." Image courtesy Churchill Downs Racetrack.
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He lived in Louisville and attended the first Derby in 1875. He eventually bought Churchill Downs.
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