 Racing in Arkansas, at age three Lil E. Tee won the Grade II Jim Beam Stakes and finished second by a neck to Pine Bluff in the Arkansas Derby, results that led to his appearance in the 1992 Kentucky Derby.Lil E. Tee was ridden by jockey Pat Day, who hadn't won a Derby in nine previous attempts.On a track rated as fast, the horse went off at odds of 17-1 in front of a record crowd that had come to see European Horse of the Year Arazi.