Several readers pointed out that J. Paul Reddam, owner of the winning horse in the Kentucky Derby this weekend, has a PhD in philosophy from the University of Southern California (1982) and taught at Cal State/Los Angeles.  Ben Caplan (Ohio State) writes:  "His dissertation, Pragmatics and the Language of Belief, is apparently an early pragmatic defense of Millianism."  And now he must be a millionaire!

ADDENDUM:  Turns out he's not the first philosopher to be serious about horses!  (Thanks to Matt Walker for the link.)

ANOTHER:  Tad Brennan (Cornell) writes:

Oakeshott is late to the game.  Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.1.7:

"And Antisthenes used to taunt Plato with being conceited. At all events when in a procession he spied a spirited charger he said, turning to Plato, 'It seems to me that you would have made just such a proud, showy steed.' This because Plato was constantly praising horseflesh."

Once again–all Western philosophy is just hoofnotes to Plato.

ONE MORE:  James Klagge (Virginia Tech) writes:

Regarding your post about Reddam, in the Winner's Circle right after the race Bob Costas asked him if, as a former philosophy professor, he had a philosophical quote to offer.  He quoted Wittgenstein: "As Ludwig Wittgenstein said: 'When all the philosophical problems are solved, nothing important will have been accomplished" so I quit philosophy and entered horse racing!"