Huckleberries: Grandma said to always bet on gray horse

Huckleberries Wednesday:

On Saturday, Councilwoman Kerri Thoreson of Post Falls donned her fancy new Kentucky Derby hat and plunked down $2 on the gray horse to win at Churchill Downs.

Remember? On March 6, Huckleberries told you about the long-distance purchase of the white hat. Kerri’s sister, Ronna, who was in a Churchill Downs store at the time Facebooked a photo of fancy Derby hats. Kerri saw one she like and – yada yada yada – bought the hat.

Now, fast-forward to Saturday.

Kerri remembers going to the Santa Anita race track with her grandmother, as a child. Her grandmother insisted: “Always bet on the gray!” So Kerri bet on the only gray horse in the Kentucky Derby: Fast and Accurate.

The odds were stacked against Fast and Accurate – 66-to-1 at the time Kerri placed her bet. But Kerri would have won, if 16 other horses, including winner Always Dreaming, hadn’t beaten Not-So-Fast and Accurate to the finish line. Full column here.