UK Defeats Louisville 73-66 Dec 28th

Welcome to This World Abigail Leigh West!

The newest member to the West family. Abigail Leigh West born 5:27am on Sept 30th, 2013 - 1 hour after Kacey and Justin arrived at the hospital. 8lbs 3oz and 20.5".  Thanks God!
Amazingly - Mary and I were in Altus when she was born. We had made our travel plans weeks in advance around the due date and "it just so happened" that she arrived the Monday after the Thursday that we arrived.

Abby's First Meet and Greet from M West on Vimeo.

35 Years? That's Crazy!

from our cruise to Cozumel....

A Great Visit!

And This Year's Winner Is...

CLAY is this year's winner with Orb and gets a BIG CONGRATULATIONS from the rest of us for his win in this year's West Family KY Derby Sweepstakes! My guess is he didn't even know he was entered but that's OK. Cadets are busy and they deserve to win.

She-Dub came in second with Golden Soul and I'm sure she didn't know she was entered. And a fun fact is that Rick's horse has finished last the past 2 years. 

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Order of Finish: 

The Greatest 2 Minutes in Sports

The post positions for the horses have been drawn and I am now pleased to announce the order of The West Family Derby Sweepstakes drawing for horses as well as the corresponding picks. The order that players pick their horses was determined through a random drawing and here is the order in which the picks were made along with your horse/horses as drawn by Mimi.
*We added Clay into the running although we did not receive confirmation. He is a very busy cadet.
Good luck!

Meet Your Horses

Ted – Will Take Charge – 20-1

Ted – Black Onyx – 50-1 - SCRATCHED

Pops – Vyjack – 15-1

Pops - Palace Malice – 20-1

Mimi – Frac Daddy – 50-1

Mimi - Normandy Invasion – 12-1

Levi – Charming Kitten – 20-1

Levi – Revolutionary – 10-1

BDub – Golden Soul – 50-1

BDub – Goldencents – 5-1

Andrew Verrazano – 4-1

Kacey – Overanalyze – 15-1

Debbie – Mylute – 15-1

Luke – Lines of Battle – 30-1

Rick – Falling Sky – 50-1

Kate – It’s My Lucky Day – 15-1

Lyndsey – Giant Finish – 50-1

Justin – Oxbow – 30-1

Jack – Java’s War – 15-1

Clay – Orb – 7-2

TV coverage begins 4pm eastern on NBC - Post time is approximately 6:24pm.
Last Year's Race

The West Family KY Derby Sweepstakes - Derby 139

The 139th running of the Kentucky Derby is this Saturday, May 4th. You can GO HERE to learn all about the KY Derby. I need to to know if you would like to participate. The sweepstakes is only open to "The Fam." (which includes extended Fam) I will be randomly putting the entries into a hat with randomly assigned numbers. Mary & I will then draw numbers alphabetically by the first name of each participant until all horses have been chosen. You could possibly have more than 1 horse to cheer on to the finish line! Please comment below if you would like to be included and stay tuned for updates. The field should be ready to go by Thursday of this week. Last year's winner - Andrew Cornell with "I'll Win Another." The winner gets a big congratulations from the rest of us and bragging rights for 1 year! 

You must let me know in the comment section if you want to be included.

Happy Birthday Jack! The Big 1!

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