Where ever you are celebrating this Kentucky Derby Day on the first Saturday in May, your Santa Anita wagering ambassadors are here with some great handicapping tips from Santa Anita Park to Louisville, Kentucky. This has to be the most wide open Kentucky Derby in many years and it is looking ripe for an upset …
It’s Kentucky Derby week and you know what that means! Bottomless mint juleps? Maybe! Million dollar races horses galloping through the bluegrass of Kentucky? Probably! Or hats, hats, hats! Yes if it’s nearing the first Saturday in May that means you need to have your favorite hat or fascinator ordered well in advance from Nordstrom …
When I was a little kid I had a tiny black and white t.v. with a knob that fell off. In the late eighties and early nineties this was how we changed the channel. This crappy old eighties television set was a big deal. Being that I was the oldest child I had my own …
The track was fast. I know, because I ran it that morning. It was Santa Anita Derby day and my boyfriend and were waiting patiently in the stands with 54,668 other horse racing fans for the big race and for the (literally) big horse, Dortmund . My boyfriend is a giant fan of the big 17 hand …
What one event would absolutely not be on my bucket list? Going on a date with Barack Obama. I could skip it. I would rather go the Kentucky Derby or climb Manchu Pichu. And than the other night this happened. …