
Saturday’s 150th Kentucky Derby reminded me of my first trip to Louisville in 1989. This was my first major, national event to cover for the Tulsa World . I was there to see history made when the first Oklahoma-bred thoroughbred called, Clever Trevor, would compete in the 115th Run for the Roses. I had researched the fact that no official Okie-bred had ever run in the famous 1 1/4-mile race for 3-year-olds. There had been Oklahoma-owned horses run at Churchill Downs, but not one state bred. I was unsuccessful pleading...