It’s been a hundred years since Regret won the 1915 Kentucky Derby with ease. The race itself wasn’t thrilling, but the idea of a filly as a Kentucky Derby winner more than made up for it.

Sun Briar Court, a breeding farm in Binghamton New York, became a showplace and a symbol of what a racehorse owner could accomplish with money and imagination.

By all accounts Al Capone was a feared and successful gangster, but perhaps not such a successful horseplayer.

Turf fans adored him, considering him almost a pet as well as an admirable athlete. But it was his humble origins that won him the most affection.