Welcome to the web site of Milt Toby
Author of "Dancer's Image: The Forgotten Story of the 1968 Kentucky Derby", Winner of the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award
Dancer's Image
Available now from The History Press
At the head of the stretch, riding one of the favorites in the most important horse race in the world, jockey Bobby Ussery dropped his whip.
It was an accident, one of those unfortunate things that just happen sometimes, but it could not have come at a worse point in the race for Ussery. The veteran jockey had hustled Dancer's Image up from dead last in the field of 14, weaving through horses on the final turn like the legendary "Crazy Legs" Hirsch. When a hole opened up on the rail, Ussery cut to the inside toward clear running room. That was when the stick fell from his grasp. ( read more... )
"Dancer's Image: The Forgotten Story of the 1968 Kentucky Derby" is the Winner of the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award .
Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award ceremony on April 25 at Castleton Lyons Farm in Lexington KY for Milt Toby Author of "Dancer's Image: The Forgotten Story of the 1968 Kentucky Derby"