Rearing up at Churchill Downs

I have been covering the Kentucky Derby for 41 years and one learns to expect the unexpected. It happened this morning on the track on the backside. Herald-Leader photographer David Stephenson and I were photographing Dan Hendricks, the trainer of Derby favorite Brother Derek when we both turned to see a horse rear up in front of us. I heard a commotion in front of Hendricks and turned, and I turned a couple of seconds too late, and saw a horse rear up and nearly throw its rider. I got off two frames. Stephenson's picture is better...and I'll know I'll hear about it next week. My picture is shot with a Nikon D2X which is a great, great camera with a 17-55 lens, 500 at 5.6 @ISO 100.