7. The 1968 Kentucky Derby

A failed drug test led to the first ever disqualification of a horse from winning the Kentucky derby. How did the drug get into the horse’s system? Was it just a mistake or was it intentional?

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Episode Pictures and Videos:

https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/fifty-years-after-dancers-image-dq-more-questions-than-answers/

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/sports/peter-d-fuller-dies-at-89-had-to-return-derby-purse.html

https://www.bostonherald.com/2015/04/30/champ-for-a-bit/

Other Episode Sources:

• “Dancer’s Image: The Forgotten Story of the 1968 Kentucky Derby.”- By Milton C. Toby

• https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro

• https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/7873493/derby-won-derby-lost

• https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/15/archives/fbi-admits-planting-a-rumor-to-discredit-jean-seberg-in-1970-former.html

• https://www.kentucky.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mark-story/article230235269.html

• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-01-sp-3316-story.html

• https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2020-how-horses-qualify-the-kentucky-derby-beginners-guide

• https://www.history.com/news/kentucky-derby-disqualification-dancers-image-196

• https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2014-dr-kings-impact-the-1967-derby