We were treated again to the suite that Michael's grandfather has. Mimi and Poppop have been coming to watch races at the track for 40 years!
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We were treated again to the suite that Michael's grandfather has. Mimi and Poppop have been coming to watch races at the track for 40 years!
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Once the horses are positioned into the starting gate, the race starts immediately! It all happens so fast.
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Once the horses are positioned into the starting gate, the race starts immediately! It all happens so fast.
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..Then the gate pulls away and a team of workers quickly rakes out all of the tracks.
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..Then the gate pulls away and a team of workers quickly rakes out all of the tracks.
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As the horses are racing around the track, the gate drives along the edge and gets out of the way.
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As the horses are racing around the track, the gate drives along the edge and gets out of the way.
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Here they come...
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Here they come...
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Today we went to Churchill Downs for Kentucky Oaks, which are the horse races on the day before Derby day. It was SUCH a gorgeous day. We got really lucky, since the forecast called for thunderstorms. Tonight, Derby Eve parties! Photos from that in the next post.
