Breeders' Cup Friday - November 3
"I'll Tell You Who WON'T WIN!"
With that prophetic statement by Keith, who had a fabulous day, my day turned around nicely! It all started very early in the morning. I was awakened at 4:30 am by three consecutive buzzes from my phone because my bank was alerting me to "suspicious" charges. I dealt with the problem and as I tried to relax I looked at Twitter and discovered one of my most favorite former students, WPLG reporter and anchor Erica Rakow was on the morning news desk on the local ABC station. I texted her that I was in San Diego for the Breeders' Cup and while on the air she texted me back and wished me luck....pretty cool!
After breakfast Keith and I headed out to Del Mar around 9 am. We pulled right into the parking lot, thanks to our pre-paid parking pass and walked to the track. We had our photo taken together in front of the Breeders' Cup statute - as is tradition.......
We walked around and checked out the facility and then checked out the merchandise. I was disappointed none of the polo shirts had the "Del Mar Breeders' Cup" logo, just the generic BC logo.
So I settled for a hat. One of the more interesting stories of the day came before the third race as I was standing at the end of the grandstand on the fifth level and I was approached by a Breeders' Cup representative. She asked me if I'd like a lapel pin and in exchange would I answer a series of survey questions about our visit to the San Diego area. She was very pleasant and talkative and we chatted for about fifteen minutes.
The first Breeders' Cup race was the Grade 1 Juvenile Fillies Turf and I liked unbeaten Rushing Fall. She swept to the front as the bulky field turned for home and she drew off! I cashed for $40! Whoooo hooooo!
The second Breeders' Cup win came in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf when the European invader, Mendelssohn drew off to victory.
Here are the "best" of the sixty plus shots I took today.....
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