3-time Kentucky Derby horse owner says 'humble beginning' catapulted her to 'sport of kings': 'American Dream'

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Tami Bobo, partial owner of Catalytic, one of the horses running in the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday, explained to Fox News Digital how her "humble beginnings" ensured that she "never overlooked the less fortunate" – whether that be horses or people – a quality she credits for enabling her to catapult into what's considered the "sport of kings." 

For the successful thoroughbred owner, breeder and pinhooker, it will be the third time Bobo has a horse running at the prestigious Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Her previous horse to make it to the Derby, Simplification, placed fourth in 2022. Her first-ever horse to run at Churchill Downs, Take Charge Indy, placed third at the Derby in 2012. 

Bobo, who has been in the thoroughbred business for over a decade, said it is her "God-given talent" and "that inner instinct in me that tells me that is the horse." 

She purchased Take Charge Indy for a mere $80,000, "an absolute minor investment into the industry" of thoroughbreds, Bobo said, because the horse had been overlooked for being a "little cow-hocked." Bobo purchased Simplification for $75,000, another bargain price, and despite some vetting issues, "that wasn't going to prevent him from being the racehorse that he could be if he truly had that talent and that heart which he has shown us he has." This time around, Catalytic was auctioned at Saratoga, an elite sale in New York, where the top 100-120 thoroughbred racehorses in the world are hand chosen to go to. 

A colt at the time, Catalytic had "thick profiling tendons," something some interested buyers