1989 Kentucky Derby

With the Kentucky Derby coming up this weekend May 4th, I want to look back at classic Derby races.

1989
The headline going in was Easy Goer being the favorite.  The reigning 2 Year old horse of the year is going to face Sunday Silence.  This was the beginning of a rivalry that saw Sunday Silence become 3 Year old horse of the  Year by winning the Derby and the Preakness (both times Easy Goer was runnerup) and runnerup to Easy Goer in the Belmont by 8 lengths.

Here is the upset as Sunday Silence puts away the field in the 115th running of the Kentucky Derby, May 6th 1989.

Offical Results

Finished	Post	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time / behind
1st		Sunday Silence	Pat Valenzuela		Hancock III, Gaillard & Whittingham	2:05
2nd		Easy Goer	Pat Day		Ogden Phipps
3rd		Awe Inspiring	Craig Perret		Ogden Mills Phipps
4th		Dansil	Larry Snyder		John A. Franks
5th		Hawkster	M. Castaneda		Mr. & Mrs. J.S. Meredith
6th		Northern Wolf	C. Ladner III		Deep Silver Stable
7th		Irish Actor	D. Howard		Tiffany Farms
8th		Houston	Laffit Pincay, Jr.		Beal, French, Jr. & Lukas
9th		Triple Buck	Jose Santos		Gary Marano
10th		Shy Tom	Chris Antley		Overbrook Farm
11th		Wind Splitter	D. Miller, Jr.		Randall Williams, Jr.
12th		Flying Continental	Corey Black		Jack Kent Cooke
13th		Clever Trevor	Don Pettinger		Cheri & Don McNeill
14th		Faultless Ensign	C. Decarlo		Anthony Tornettam et al.
15th		Western Playboy	Randy Romero		Nancy Vanier & Raymond Roncari

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The Golden Age of Radio - Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke was one of the best, if not the best, drama ever on radio.  Its life on radio from 1952-1961 was during the last days of great radio dramas as television finally supplanted radio as the medium of choice for entertainment in US homes.

Thanks to Buck Benny and his wonderful podcast I bring you this episode from the first radio season of Gunsmoke.

A special treat for fans as it also has radio legend Paul Frees as a soldier headed for Fort Dodge.   This was a reunion of sorts due to Frees and William Conrad being together in this episode, they were mainstays of the classic radio program Escape (1947-1954).

Gunsmoke
The Soldier
originally aired April 25th 1953
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Thanks to Buck Benny and his stellar Jack Benny podcast for these great episodes.  This podcast also has some great information regarding upcoming shows with Rose Marie and the soon to be released "Lost Episodes" of The Jack Benny Show tv program from The Shout! Factory.


The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny
04/12/1953
"Missing Heir"
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The Puerto Ricans Are Coming!

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originally aired November 10th 1972

NBC