Recently I crossed off a “bucket list” item… and boy of boy did I have fun!
I was born and raised in San Diego County… the home of Del Mar, its fair and its horse racing track. But I’d never been there for the horse races. When you think of the Del Mar race track you conjure up thoughts of Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin… and all of the old favorites sitting in their private boxes watching fabulous thoroughbreds running the track.
Well, we didn’t have a private boxes to sit in, but we did watch some fabulously beautiful horses running like the wind in the cool ocean breeze. But that’s not all we saw…
We saw lots of people!
We saw lots of very expensive cars!
We saw some really beautiful, and some really odd looking hats perched upon lots of women’s heads, or in a few instances perched on their foreheads!
Did I mention that we saw lots of people?
We also saw kids bouncing along the track in their own little race.
And being a wife of a farmer I, of course, had to take pictures of the beautiful (yes, tractors can be beautiful) John Deere tractors grooming the track. With the American Flag right behind one of them it’s an “All American” in my opinion.
My sister, Penny King, my niece Lindsey King with boyfriend Tyler Twohey and my nephew Brad King all very much enjoyed the day… we didn’t win anything but we did gather up a lot of wonderful memories to reflect back upon – which in my book is just as good as gold.
Here is a pictorial of what we saw… enjoy the view… and if you ever get a chance to see Del Mar and all of it’s finery, please do yourself a favor… and go… enjoy… and maybe you’ll even win!
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- Yes, his Mohawk says “Del Mar”… and on the other side…
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- It has horses racing! LOL
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- We saw LOTS of people…
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- …and LOTS of odd and sometimes beautiful hats.
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- We saw GORGEOUS horses running like the wind!
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- And proud winners strutting back to the winners box.
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- He seems to be looking back thinking… dang… THAT got over FAST!
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- My beautiful sister Penny with her “kids” Lindsey and Brad.
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- Me… in my not so fancy hat. ;-)
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- At the gate…
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- ….they’re OFF!!!
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- And with thundering hooves….
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- ….they cross in front of us like a wave of energy…
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- ….looking absolutely beautiful!
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- Stretched out and flat out hauling a$$!
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- Tractors grooming the fields… and a horse calming walking along in front of it all.
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- How much more “American” can we get here?
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- One of those “odd” hats I mentioned! LOL
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- The kids here are getting ready for their own race.
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- And one of the beautiful hats we saw.
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- News reporter being filmed… and seeing him on the big screen in back at the same time.
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- And with a bounce, and a splat… the kids cross their finish line.
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- Brad, Penny, Lindsey, & Tyler
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- Lindsey & Tyler
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- Me, with Brad, Lindsey & Tyler
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- My sister & I (we don’t look anything alike do we? LOL)
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- I love these two together!
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- Another really crazy hat!
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- Beautiful, funny and ridiculous hats all at once… these were the winners of the day.
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- And with every race… this ambulance goes by just as fast… behind the horses… following them throughout the race! Who’da thunk?
