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Hats for the Kentucky Derby

Filed under: Apparel

The Kentucky Derby is coming up this Saturday and the one thing every (female) spectator needs is a hat. Derby headwear should not be an everyday hat, but an ostentatious hat - the bigger the better. Attitudes by Angie makes some spectacular hats, including those seen in the movie Elizabethtown. Her Winner Take All hat has nearly as many flowers as the rose wreath that the winning horse is awarded with, so it's perfect for the race. If something more understated is more your style, Hats in the Belfry has a wide range of elegant Derby hats. Theirs include sleek designs with floral accents, like the Naturally Beautiful hat. The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft has a huge selection of one of a kind hats, too. The above pictured Paradise hat runs at the high end of the Derby hat price range, at $1,200.

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World's Most Expensive Colt Sold At Auction

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions

The world's most expensive colt was sold at auction yesterday. A nameless Florida-born colt went for $16 million at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens. Why so much? The Miami Herald reports that the two-year-old has two Derby winners in his bloodline and showed off to prospective buyers by having the fastest workout time of the 154 horses up for bid. The winner was Irish racing magnate Demi O'Byrne who purchased the horse as part of a team of buyers. The horse will have a lot to live up to but will probably be able to earn his keep through breeding even if he isn't a Triple Crown winner. The handsome horse with the white blaze on his nose will definitely be raced and could run in the 2007 Kentucky Derby. Good bloodlines are no guarantee but I hope we learn the name of this horse soon so that I can follow his progress.

[photo by Bill Denver/Equi-Photo]

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