1. 20 Large Dumpsters of Contraband Alcohol
2. Men who had stock of Molotov cocktails open fire on cops
Two men who fled from a vehicle that crashed near Churchill Downs on April 21, 1967 opened fire on police and managed to get away.
Their vehicle was found "loaded" with Molotov cocktails one block from where open housing protestors were marching, United Press International reported at the time.
The roughly 75 protestors were arrested.
3. Open Housing Protests Threaten To Disrupt The Derby; MLK Steps In
The April 21, 1967 shooting and Molotov cocktail incident was part of tensions surrounding open housing demonstrators focusing on disrupting the Derby.
Demonstators were announcing plans to disrupt or even shut down the Derby, but Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called the protests off, the Associated Press reported at the time.
The point of the protests was to bring attention to their demands for equality in buying and renting a home.
4. Jockey found dead at Churchill Downs
5. Churchill Downs Board Chairman Charged With Phone Harassment
Then-chairman of the Churchill Downs racetrack, Warner Lavalle Jones Jr., was arrested in 1992 for allegedly making harassing telephone calls to a south Florida real estate investor, the Lexington Herald Leader reported.
Jones Jr. was charged with four misdemeanor counts of making harassing calls.
The top racetrack executive and horse breeder was apparently upset over a zoning change, the Ocala Star-Banner reported at the time.
6. The Kentucky Derby: A History Of #drunj
The beginning of this May 2, 1999 Lexington Herald Leader paints an excellent picture of the minor intoxicant crimes that appear to be a Derby bellwether:
"Nudity, booze and marijuana, pickpockets, public urination and vomiting - all in all, a relatively safe and normal Kentucky Derby. Louisville police reported no serious problems yesterday inside Churchill Downs despite a crowd of more than 150,000 people, a near-record. As in Derbys past, most of the arrests - about 30 by the time My Old Kentucky Home played - were for public intoxication, with a dash of marijuana possession and petty-theft cases thrown in."
7. "Original Drunk Infield Girl"
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No crime here, just some stumbling -- unless maybe she was later arrested for public intoxication.
8. Please Leave. Oh, no? OK...
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An intoxicated gentleman was given the opportunity by officers to go about his way, but he chose to stick around. When an officer moves to lift him from his spot, he apparently made a move that resulted in a take down.
9. Louisville Man Claimed He Was Going To Carry Out A Mass Shooting
A Louisville man was arrested May 3, 1990 after two people told authorities he claimed he was going to "take out a number of people" at Churchill Downs.
William Richard Keller reportedly told his sister and another person he would carry out the attack and then kill himself, the Associated Press reported at the time.
He had pleaded guilty to racially motivated cross-burning that March and was facing prison time.
A gun was not found, but a bolt found in Keller's vehicle appeared to be altered in a way that could have made an AK-47 an automatic weapon, instead of a semiautomatic weapon.
10. Trainer Arrested For Scalping Wants His Money Back
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