And they’re off!
Some dapper dude at the track.
Sure, they’re gonna win if they can FLY. (Click to embiggenate as always)
This is what people look like who don’t bet on the horses, but just watch them run.
hey, is that a regulation hat?
All the pretty horses
You aren’t taking this seriously enough!!
And then there are those post race moments when you had a little too much to drink, and forgot you were wearing a dress.
At least she’s wearing underwear.
A couple years ago my wife and I were in Georgia visiting friends on Derby Day. In honor of the day they made Mint Juleps. Wife always thought Mint Juleps were a fru-fru drink, the type that came with a little paper umbrella and would take a bunch to get a buzz (even for her, who’s a total lightweight). When I informed her that the recipe was 1 part Bourbon to 1 part simple syrup (making the whole concoction about 40 proof if you used standard 80 proof whiskey), then add ice and mint she was….surprised.
I actually enjoy them, but then again I LIKE whiskey. I drink Scotch or Irish whisk(e)y because I enjoy it, if all you want is an alcohol delivery system, that’s what Vodka is for.
Regarding the last picture, maybe next she removed the foundation garments and did it again.
And on the Derby in general, I think it has the record for greatest build-up in relation to event duration, discussed for days, and show lasting a couple/three hours before and about an hour after, for an event lasting two minutes. And that’s in New Jersey, I imagine it’s a bigger deal elsewhere.
The Hannah and her horse commercials were fun.
Worked a security detail at the Derby twice. Immaculately dress women next to drunks 20’somethings. A true cross section of America.
Dude in the 3rd pic looks like he should turn to the camera and say “No, mister Bond, I expect you to die”.
Scott, I thought that too. Gert Frobe?
Dude in the first photograph looks like the guy who plays Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish in Game of Thrones.