They have to protect their viewing spots. At Binder's prime spot next to the rail, horse owner and technological wizard John Richmond camped for three days. Marauders came by night. It is also a simpler, less crowded place, where children put their noses up to the fence and the only yelling comes during the race or when some novice dares to walk where the horses are exiting the track. Not many big hats.
Paramedics kick back atop their ambulances.
Five bucks for a shoe. Maresca, of Louisville, arrived in this country 35 years ago and has never missed a Derby since. Yesterday's was his fifth on the other side, the working side. The Derby is not for people from Kentucky. The idea made him lapse back into Italian.