# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 369
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7361 "2025-04-22T16:16:31Z")
**Famous Racehorses:** 1. Secretariat 2. Eclipse 3. Citation 4. Man o’ War 5. Seattle Slew 6. American Pharoah 7. Dan Patch 8. War Admiral 9. Seabiscuit Had a whole damn movie about him! ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7362 "2025-04-22T19:56:51Z")
**Famous Racehorses:** 1. Secretariat 2. Eclipse 3. Citation 4. Man o’ War 5. Seattle Slew 6. American Pharoah 7. Dan Patch 8. War Admiral 9. Seabiscuit 10. Flying Childers Retired to stud, undefeated, in 1723. His owner, the Duke of Devonshire, was offered the horse’s weight in gold but refused to sell. Several pubs were named for him, and at least 2 of them are still in business 300 years later. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7363 "2025-04-22T20:44:32Z")
**Famous Racehorses:** 1. Secretariat 2. Eclipse 3. Citation 4. Man o’ War 5. Seattle Slew 6. American Pharoah 7. Dan Patch 8. War Admiral 9. Seabiscuit 10. Flying Childers 11. [Silver Blaze](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_Silver_Blaze) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7364 "2025-04-23T03:59:16Z")
**Famous Racehorses:** 1. Secretariat 2. Eclipse 3. Citation 4. Man o’ War 5. Seattle Slew 6. American Pharoah 7. Dan Patch 8. War Admiral 9. Seabiscuit 10. Flying Childers 11. [Silver Blaze](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_Silver_Blaze) 12. Spokane Won the 1889 Kentucky Derby with a time of 2 minutes, 31.5 seconds. In 1896, the Kentucky Derby was shortened to one and one quarter miles, meaning that Spokane’s record will never be beaten. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7365 "2025-04-23T11:46:57Z")
**Famous Racehorses:** 1. Secretariat 2. Eclipse 3. Citation 4. Man o’ War 5. Seattle Slew 6. American Pharoah 7. Dan Patch 8. War Admiral 9. Seabiscuit 10. Flying Childers 11. [Silver Blaze](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_Silver_Blaze) 12. Spokane 13. Hidalgo Probably the best known endurance racing horse ever thanks in part to the movie. **Kentucky Derby** 1. Over the top hats ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7366 "2025-04-23T12:50:20Z")
**Kentucky Derby** 1. Over the top hats 2. Mint juleps ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7367 "2025-04-23T13:49:31Z")
**Kentucky Derby** 1. Over the top hats 2. Mint juleps 3. “Riders up!” ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7368 "2025-04-23T13:55:49Z")
**Kentucky Derby** 1. Over the top hats 2. Mint juleps 3. “Riders up!” 4. [Celebrity sightings](https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/g60638480/celebrities-at-kentucky-derby-photos/) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7369 "2025-04-23T14:12:50Z")
**Kentucky Derby** 1. Over the top hats 2. Mint juleps 3. “Riders up!” 4. [Celebrity sightings](https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/g60638480/celebrities-at-kentucky-derby-photos/) 5. _My Old Kentucky Home_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7370 "2025-04-23T15:48:58Z")
**Kentucky Derby** 1. Over the top hats 2. Mint juleps 3. “Riders up!” 4. [Celebrity sightings](https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/g60638480/celebrities-at-kentucky-derby-photos/) 5. _My Old Kentucky Home_ 6. Part of the Triple Crown ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7371 "2025-04-23T16:45:39Z")
**Kentucky Derby** 1. Over the top hats 2. Mint juleps 3. “Riders up!” 4. [Celebrity sightings](https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/g60638480/celebrities-at-kentucky-derby-photos/) 5. _My Old Kentucky Home_ 6. Part of the Triple Crown 7. Run for the Roses In 1896, the tradition of draping a blanket of 554 red roses on the Kentucky Derby winner began. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7372 "2025-04-23T19:20:08Z")
**Kentucky Derby** 1. Over the top hats 2. Mint juleps 3. “Riders up!” 4. [Celebrity sightings](https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/g60638480/celebrities-at-kentucky-derby-photos/) 5. _My Old Kentucky Home_ 6. Part of the Triple Crown 7. Run for the Roses 8. Churchill Downs ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7373 "2025-04-23T20:07:02Z")
**Kentucky Derby** 1. Over the top hats 2. Mint juleps 3. “Riders up!” 4. [Celebrity sightings](https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/g60638480/celebrities-at-kentucky-derby-photos/) 5. _My Old Kentucky Home_ 6. Part of the Triple Crown 7. Run for the Roses 8. Churchill Downs 9. Beautiful horses ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7374 "2025-04-23T21:53:08Z")
**Kentucky Derby** 1. Over the top hats 2. Mint juleps 3. “Riders up!” 4. [Celebrity sightings](https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/g60638480/celebrities-at-kentucky-derby-photos/) 5. _My Old Kentucky Home_ 6. Part of the Triple Crown 7. Run for the Roses 8. Churchill Downs 9. Beautiful horses 10. Louisville, KY ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7375 "2025-04-24T04:03:26Z")
**Kentucky Derby** 1. Over the top hats 2. Mint juleps 3. “Riders up!” 4. [Celebrity sightings](https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/g60638480/celebrities-at-kentucky-derby-photos/) 5. _My Old Kentucky Home_ 6. Part of the Triple Crown 7. Run for the Roses 8. Churchill Downs 9. Beautiful horses 10. Louisville, KY 11. Millionaires Row ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7376 "2025-04-24T04:29:58Z")
**Kentucky Derby** 1. Over the top hats 2. Mint juleps 3. “Riders up!” 4. [Celebrity sightings](https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/g60638480/celebrities-at-kentucky-derby-photos/) 5. _My Old Kentucky Home_ 6. Part of the Triple Crown 7. Run for the Roses 8. Churchill Downs 9. Beautiful horses 10. Louisville, KY 11. Millionaires Row 12. Ten furlongs ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7377 "2025-04-25T15:22:40Z")
**Kentucky Derby** 1. Over the top hats 2. Mint juleps 3. “Riders up!” 4. [Celebrity sightings](https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/g60638480/celebrities-at-kentucky-derby-photos/) 5. _My Old Kentucky Home_ 6. Part of the Triple Crown 7. Run for the Roses 8. Churchill Downs 9. Beautiful horses 10. Louisville, KY 11. Millionaires Row 12. Ten furlongs 13. Reception for Kentucky Colonels hosted by the Governor Pass. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7378 "2025-04-25T15:30:43Z")
**Everything Earth** 1. Earth Day ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7379 "2025-04-25T16:06:21Z")
**Everything Earth** 1. Earth Day 2. 93 million miles from the Sun ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7380 "2025-04-25T17:23:39Z")
**Everything Earth** 1. Earth Day 2. 93 million miles from the Sun 3. 71% covered with water [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=368) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=370)