Northcutt attending 75th Kentucky Derby

Allen Northcutt will be enjoying his 75th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 4 during the 150th overall running of the historic horse race.

The Louisville native and Lake Leelanau resident has been going to the Kentucky Derby every year since he was 7-years-old in 1948.

“It was because my grandfather was interested ... the man loved races,” Northcutt said. “Three or four o’clock in the afternoon they go out to the races and they would sometimes take me, and they taught me how to bet (on the race).”