'My Old Kentucky Home,' a song about a slave saying goodbye to Kentucky, will still be played prior to Saturday's running of the Kentucky Derby, but the tradition has been modified, officials say.
Steve Buttleman, Churchill Downs' longtime bugler, will perform"My Old Kentucky Home" with no lyrics ahead of the race.
Track officials had said in an earlier statement, "we recognize that people in our community and across our nation are hurting right now. The atmosphere of the Kentucky Derby will be different this year as we respond to those calls for change. This will be a Derby unlike any other. As it should be." Acklin previously told The Courier Journal that the crowd singing"My Old Kentucky Home" was "powerful."
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