Derby City

Derby City

Short · Drama · 20 pages
Status: Spec
A fifteen year old black kid from North Little Rock, Arkansas becomes the youngest jockey to win the oldest continuously held major sporting event in America, the Kentucky Derby. Based on a true story of jockey, Alonzo "Lonnie" Clayton.
Written by Tyler Totten
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Finalist, Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition 2024
Semifinalist, Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2024
Finalist, Richmond International Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2025

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Tyler Totten
San Diego, California
Tyler Nicholas Totten is an American actor, producer, writer and director born February 3rd, (1990) in Louisville, Kentucky to Shirley (Dunn) who worked as an environmental engineer in the Federal Bureau of Investigation building, and Edward Totten, who worked for the United States government. (Totten) was discovered in Louisville at the age of 20 ...
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Derby City is inspired by a true story about the first and youngest black jockey to win the Kentucky Derby, Alonzo Clayton.