Horses are poised, bets are on, hats are at the ready and the bourbon is standing by, ready to be poured into thousands of mint julep cocktails. It must be Kentucky Derby weekend. America’s most famous horse race says more than 125,000 mint juleps are consumed at the annual two-day festival at Churchill Downs , in Louisville , Kentucky. According to its website, that requires about 10,000 bottles of Kentucky bourbon, 2,250 pounds of freshly harvested mint and 475,000 pounds of ice. But you don’