One Mint Julep Ertegun spelled backwards. The story line is a classic one of a man who falls for the charms of a young woman only to realize a few years later that he has a ring on his finger. He remembers that it all started with "One Mint Julep." The last verse outlines the trap. This is one of many popular R&B drinking songs to come out of the 1940s and 1950s. It was the first of several successful up-tempo drinking songs by Toombs, who went on to write and compose "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" for Amos Milburn, "Fat Back
Mint Julep Handicap offers a purse of $100,000. From its inaugural running in 1977 to 1986, it was run on the dirt course, but was moved to the turf course beginning in 1987. It has been run at the following distances: The following horses have won the Mint Julep Handicap: Mint Julep Handicap The Mint Julep Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky. Usually run in May or June, the Grade III event is open to fillies and mares age three and older. It is contested on Turf over a distance of one and