National Legacy Authors' Tour 2024: celebrating 150 years of the Kentucky Derby

Through a major grant awarded by Humanities Nebraska and a partnership with author Jennifer S. Kelly, Born to Rein documentary film co-producers, Jody L. Lamp and Melody Dobson, have organized a statewide tour celebrating the 150th Kentucky Derby.  The award-winning documentary film BORN TO REIN pays tribute to the legends of America’s oldest sport and native-Nebraskans and National Hall of Fame trainers: father-and-son team – Marion Van Berg and Jack Van Berg of Columbus; and John Nerud of Minatare. Lamp and Dobson say BORN TO REIN honors and acknowledges for the first time on film how the connections, contributions, lives, and careers of Nebraskans, Nerud, and the Van Bergs, impacted and continue to influence the national thoroughbred industry today.