Kentucky Derby Mascot!!!?? YES!!!!

Hmm...so I am sure every time this year when the Kentucky Derby rolls around, you sit in your big wide brimmed hat and sip a mint julep and think...does the Kentucky Derby have a mascot??  According to Wikipedia, Pegasus, the winged, divine horse, is the “Mascot of the Kentucky Derby Festival, a community celebration leading up to the Run for the Roses (aka: the Kentucky Derby) in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.”  WHO KNEW the Kentucky Derby had a mascot???!!! 

Well, you know now! 

Peggy Pegasus was a New Mascot created for 50th Derby Festival (in 2005).  There are few images of Peggy, and here she is below with Gus.  “Gus the Pegasus” was born as an official costumed mascot in 2000 for the Kentucky Derby.  Gus spends much of the year in hibernation, emerging each spring from a heavy slumber to entertain Derby Festival patrons with his playful antics and contagious enthusiasm. Happy Kentucky Derby....and wait until you read about the Preakness mascot :)