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The Kentucky Derby Poem

As swift behooves, In challenging quest, Competitive hearts, Race their best, A treasure to win, One measurable test, For equine ones, The World's Best. new renditions to have compared later. This is with As starting out on first line.

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Bob Olson

Date: 1/28/2025 6:05:00 PM

Now I'm in the mood for a mint julep!

Karen Croft

Date: 6/17/2024 7:21:00 PM

Always wanted to visit Kentucky for the derby! Nice poem.

Karen Croft
Date: 6/17/2024 10:24:00 PM

Well they all sound good! I bet that was fun working there. I took my son there and got pictures outside. We were going to take the tour but we're running low on time!

Lawrence Ingle
Date: 6/17/2024 7:40:00 PM

Thanks for your comments. I wrote it several different ways in order to use this site to print out my downloads and share with several people to determine which rendered version was the most suitable. I started one out “As swift behooves” and another version with “So swift behooves”. Also I ended one with “Churchill’s best” and another version with “the worlds best”. Kinda needed some advice on the rendition most logically suitable. Then I wrote several similar other versions with the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes version. I haven’t posted those here yet, just here at home in My files. I worked at Churchill Dowbs, off and on, for over fifty years.