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Thoroughbred Park

Very cool bronze life~like race horses in downtown Lexington

and others grazing on hill behind.

and crack in wall views the finish line by a nose!

NEAT!

Dapple Grey Mare on hillside somewhere carrying the next Derby winner!

Everyone for some reason brought their dogs to the Rolex...
BUT WHO would bring their GOAT>>>???!

answer: A HILL BILLY!




Another beautiful shot at the warm up ring.
LUV IT!




Pony Clubbers Gymkhana event... CUTE!

OOOOOO.... A must have if you want to spend $1000 on a pair of boots... nice!

These R Mint Juleps! Served at the Kentucky Derby.

I have to say... HOLY CRAP Discusting! I dont care how expensive the Bourbon is!

BLEK! BLEK BLEK!

KEENELAND Racetrack. Inside of the holding stalls prior to race.

Looking out on the courtyard where they display horse & riders

Jockeys that are painted every year in their complimenting silks

JOYCIE & I ... at the cross country water jump in & out.

LOVIN' d'sun and check out those soooo stylish visors!

:)

ROLEX ... what an amazing time!

IF you couldnt tell.... that's ME...

I finally made it to THE ROLEX!


OH you want pics? I GOT PICS! I had to go thru hell first.... being that my new Canon 50D didnt come in time before I got on the plane to head to KY - but my darling husband made sure to pick it up at the York UPS connection and ship in OVERNIGHT FEDX to my hotel! It made it... YEAH! I had quite the time figuring things out on the fly... and unfortunately some of the best shots didnt focus center out... :( big huge sad face... as I couldnt get into the menu to figure that out... and they all looked so crisp and sharp on the 3" review screen ... why would I question it? 2731 pictures later... YES... two thousand seven hundred thirty ONE pictures later and my battery finally died... but I had a spare... but we were headed out of the park at 4:30 on Sunday and the last 4 pics are of Joyce and I at the water log jump. Still had memory left though... blah blah blah ... enuf about my new sexy Canon ok... onto pics! 15.1 megapixel pics baby!

We couldnt wait for the dressage to start so we sat at warm up arena and took shots!

OK... so arrived on WED to scope the place out. Took pics with my trusty Sony Cybershot before my camera arrived... Ya... but no... WALMART screwed that up... memory disk full after that day so we went to download 1hr onto CD so that I could delete all on camera and start fresh in a.m. Didnt find out until arriving at home on MON night - NO pics on Walmart provided CD! I cried and cried... luckily there werent anything we couldnt possibly get again in the future.... but still may never replace them again???? SAD but true... lesson learned - NOTE TO SELF... always have extra memory cards and do not OUTSOURCE!

DRESSAGE started Thursday after NOON inspections, then continued all day on FRI.

RINGWOOD COCKATOO riden by Bettina Hoy of Germany

she took second at the end of the weekend & seemed quite pleased!

Hildago De L'ile riden by Nicolas Touzaint of France didnt do so well ...

although looks nice here...

... as he had overzealous changes....

.... the chap pictured below... also had trouble with his trusty stead throwing his head!

HEY ... we all have those days dont we? For some reason it does my heart good to see the PRO's having the same issues I do ... especially at this level! HEY ... there IS hope for me!

WOOOT WOOT!

CROSS COUNTRY JUMPING

was next on SAT. Boy that drew the crowds!

There were awesome jumps that riders made and I caught....

& then there were not so nice pictures caught on my camera .... woah!

& then some great shots.... with perfect landings....

& then again...

not so perfect landings which cost riders an elimination!!!!! OUCH

third and final day was

STADIUM JUMPING!

& I shall not bore you with those pictures as I am sure you have seen enough...

so the winner is....

Lucinda Fredericks from Australia

riding Headley Britannia

& boy was she happy~ crying tears of happiness with an $80,000 check and a ROLEX watch (which is probably at a retail cost of $15,000 or $20,000 !!!!

ALL IN ALL

a fabulous time with tons to see and do and money to be spent! I did find some great deals... as I got a $250 dressage bridle for $79, a stock tie for $6, dressage gloves for $13, working dressage pads $10 each, and a set of brown eventing boots for Baby $15 for hinds & $19 for fronts! I KNOW ... crazy deals! Wish I had more to spend -

... NEXT TIME!