LOUISVILLE, KY (WDRB) -- The 63rd running of the Kindergarten Derby at Louisville Collegiate School happened on the Thursday before Kentucky Derby 151.
Sam Epstein won the blanket of roses and trophy aboard Luxor Cafe in a photo finish!
Louisville's Tallest Jockey, WDRB's Keith Kaiser got a look at one of Collegiate’s most treasured traditions.
The school’s 5-and 6-year-old “jockeys” competed with their self-decorated hobbyhorses with matching silks.
Children bearing the name of actual Derby contenders raced around the well-groomed track in hopes of winning the “blanket of roses” created by students.
The event is attended by the entire JK-12 community of students, parents, alumni, faculty, and staff.
A Collegiate “Pegasus Parade” of Lower School students kicked off the event.
Louisville Collegiate School is a JK-12, co-ed independent day school located in the historic Highlands neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
A big thank you to Becker & Durski Turf Goods for creating Keith's custom jockey silks.
A total of 46 competitors from different schools took part. It was an intense race from wire to wire, with a couple of racers stumbling and falling, but Sam Epstein brought home the blanket of roses and trophy aboard Luxor Cafe in a photo finish.
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