Inspired by the legendary racehorse of the same name who was born on co-founder Pat Madden's family farm in Kentucky, Never Say Die was revived as a sickly newborn foal by a lucky shot of whiskey; just three years later. \xa0In 1954, he went on to become the first American-born horse to win the Derby at Epsom in 70 years, in front of a 250,000-strong crowd that included Queen Elizabeth II and Winston Churchill.\xa0 \xa0 At the same time, on a daring leap of faith, a woman in Liverpool named Mona Best fell in love with the story of Never Say Die and pawned all of her jewelry to literally "bet it all" at odds of 33-1 on the victorious Epsom Derby Race. With her new fortune, she founded a new music venue, the Casbah Coffee Club, and took another risk, this time on a then-unknown band called The Quarrymen (now famously known as The Beatles) offering them their very first gigs, shaping rock and roll history forever.\xa0 |