One of the twenty horses in this years 145th kentucky derby is owned by someone from right here in the tr?state.

Chester thomas is a native of muhlenberg county but now calls madisonville home.

Locals in his hometown made sure to make the day special.

Megan diventi joins us in studio with the story.

Megan?

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Madisonville was full of excitement as locals prepared to watch chester thomashorse by my standards run in the race for the roses.

The fact that it kentuck?a kentucky horse, a kentucky owner, i don know how often that happens anymore?

It wasn just your average day in madisonvill??everybody is just excited about the derby?

Miles away from the kentucky derby horse by my standards ad their own army of supporters back home.

"this is just how we are around here.

Everybody knows everybody.

Everybody knows your name.

And we're just tight."

For close friends of chester and his famil?

It was nothing but hopeful thought.

"we're just so excited.

We really are and we're just hoping for a great outcome."

A rac?they hope brings some positive recognition to the town.?they say it the greatest two minutes in sports history every year and so people all over the world watch i?

I hope they say the horse is from madisonville, kentucky that right there is huge?

Whether it was bringing tears of joy to their eye?

"i mean it hits right here it's pretty cool."

Or all eyes on the rac?

(cheers) win or los?

The fact that he from madisonville were already winners?

This year was not the first time a hopkins county local had a kentucky derby horse.

In the eightie?

Brown badgett owned the horse avies copy who placed third in the kentucky derby and also ran in the belmont and preakness.

Megan diventi, 44news.