David Alexander, “Delayed Honors,” Thoroughbred Record, May 6, 1967, 1176. 23. “Traditional Security Planned for Derby Day,” ... Bill Mooney, Keeneland's “Ted” Bassett: My Life (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009), 118. 29.
Native Dancer, affectionately known to his supporters as the Grey Ghost, was owned by the handsome and wealthy ... by popular underdogs, Dark Star's upset of Native Dancer came in the 1950s, not the 1930s, and it was not popular.
The Kentucky Derby: The Eighty Sixth Running, 1875-1960
Celebrates the tradition and spectacle of the Kentucky Derby with photographs and text devoted to the legends, heroes, memorable moments, and rivalries of the past 125 years.
The Kentucky Derby: Derby Fever, Derby Day, and the Run for the Roses