17. Randy Moss of NBC Sports on the 1974 Kentucky Derby

It was the year after Secretariat owned the horse racing world... the 100th Running of the Roses... the biggest field in Kentucky Derby history... The Sport of Kings was riding high and in Arkansas, a 15-year old prodigy was taking it all in. Randy Moss has been covering horse racing since he was 13 years old... yes, you read that correctly... at age 13, he was giving out picks on the ponies in the local paper... and now, he's about to cover his 44th Kentucky Derby. Cannonade won the 74 race with Angel Cordero in the saddle with fellow Hall of Famer, Woody Stephens the trainer. Could they possibly surpass the level of excitement Secretariat had provided a year earlier? What about the state of racing in 2024? And who does Moss like in this years race? We talk with an expert in the field of horse racing as they head towards the gate... on the Past Our Prime podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices