Okay, so I wanted to get the jockey colors for the Kentucky Derby, and let me tell you, it was a bit of a wild ride figuring this out.
First, I started by just plain old Googling. You know, “Kentucky Derby jockey colors” and stuff like that. I figured it would be easy, like a simple list or something. Nope!
I found some websites, but they were all over the place. Some had pictures, some had descriptions, some were just talking about the horses and jockeys in general. It was a mess! I spent a good chunk of time just clicking around, trying to make sense of it all.
Then, I thought, “Okay, maybe I need to be more specific.” So I tried searching for specific jockeys and their silks. That helped a little, but it was still super tedious. I was basically building my own list, one jockey at a time. Ugh.
Digging Deeper
I realized I needed a better strategy. I decided to focus on official sources. I went to the Kentucky Derby’s official website. It felt like I was navigating a maze, there are too many contents there.
I poked around the site, looking for anything that said “silks” or “colors.” I finally found a section with information on each horse and their jockey. And there it was! A small image of the jockey’s silks next to their name. Bingo!
But it still wasn’t perfect. I had to click on each horse individually to see the silks. It wasn’t a nice, neat table or anything. So, I started taking screenshots. Yeah, I know, not the most efficient way, but it worked!
- Googled general terms.
- Refined my search to specific jockeys.
- Focused on the official Kentucky Derby website.
- Located the silk images within each horse’s profile.
- Took screenshots to collect the images.
Finally, after all that digging, I had a collection of screenshots showing all the different jockey colors. It wasn’t pretty, but I got it done! I can put it all the screenshots into a simple table and look at them whenever I need.
So, yeah, that’s how I got the Kentucky Derby jockey colors. It was way more work than I expected, but hey, I learned a lot along the way! Next time, I am bringing a bigger shovel!
