Questions:
1) Who was the first horse to break the two-minute mark in the Kentucky Derby?
2) Who was the oldest jockey to win the "Run for the Roses"?
3) What goes into a mint julep?
4) Racing rules hold that racehorses may only have names with 18 or less letters. Why is that?
Answers:
1) Secretariat beat 0:02:00 with a time of 00:01:59.40. Interestingly, his time in the Preakness was corrected in 2012 from 01:54.4 to 01:53 flat to make him the fastest ever in that race.
2) Willie Shoemaker was 54 when he rode Ferdinand in 1986.
3) bourbon, spearmint and sugar
4) Name length is limited to 18 letters so as to fit on one line on racing forms.
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