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Normal Kentucky Derby: Capacity crowd, big hats, mint juleps

FILE - The field of 19 horses and riders bolt out of the starting gate during the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Saturday, May 1, 2021, in Louisville, Ky. The Kentucky Derby is moving closer to normalcy after two years of upheaval from the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File) Brett Rebalski watches the eighth race of opening night at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, April 30, 2022. After the COVID-postponed 2020 race was run on Labor Day without spectators and went off last May with limited capacity, the Kentucky Derby could go off with full capacity at Churchill Downs. (AP Photo/Gary Graves) Chad Thornberry, left, and Justin Brown look over program entries on Churchill Downs opening night in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, April 30, 2022. After the COVID-postponed 2020 race was run on Labor Day without spectators and went off last May with limited capacity, the Kentucky Derby could go off with full capacity at Churchill Downs. (AP Photo/Gary Graves) Michele Caywood, right, and husband Eric Caywood, left, of Jefferson City, Mo., post in the paddock of Churchill Downs on opening night in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, April 30, 2022. After the COVID-postponed 2020 race was run on Labor Day without spectators and went off last May with limited capacity, the Kentucky Derby could go off with full capacity at Churchill Downs. (AP Photo/Gary Graves) Spectators look on as horses approach the finish of a race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, April 30, 2022. After the COVID-postponed 2020 race was run on Labor Day without spectators and went off last May with limited capacity, the Kentucky Derby could go off with full capacity at Churchill Downs. (AP Photo/Gary Graves)
Normal Kentucky Derby: Capacity crowd, big hats, mint juleps