Released March 30, 2010
BOZEMAN, Mont. -- A horse sale to benefit the equine program at Montana State University will incorporate the Kentucky Derby this year.
The fourth annual Top of the West Performance Horse Sale will be held Saturday, May 1, the same day as the Kentucky Derby, said Bill Brewster, a member of the equine program's advisory committee and one of the sale organizers.
People who attend the sale will be able to watch preliminary events for the Kentucky Derby and the race on a large screen in a state-of-the-art indoor arena near Four Corners in Gallatin County. The first 100 women who come to the sale wearing Kentucky Derby-style hats will receive a free mint julep, the traditional beverage of the Kentucky Derby. Wearers of the three winning hats will be awarded silver cups for mint juleps.
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