Off to the Derby!

Today we hit the road and went to Kentucky to visit Churchill Downs!  We were really surprised at how close it is to the football stadium for the university, we had thoughts of it being on the outskirts of town or the county, it was not either of those!  They had a nice museum and video that gave a good history of the track.  

They had this fun exhibit that you could "ride" a horse against each other!  Anna won by a long shot!  Sorry Matt!

We were able to take a tour and we got some very exciting news!  We were going to see a race!  But first, the tour!  We went through the jockey entrance and headed to the paddock area.  

We then headed to the grass in front of the owners suite.  

We then saw the fillies come out.

We weren't able to see the starting gate but watched on the screen as the horses got settled and loaded into the starting gate.  

Here are some photos as they went by us!  

And here is a video of the race!  

We got to see the prior finish post too!

They had a couple of ponies but they were most definitely not interested in us, just in annoying each other!

We finished up our visit of the museum.  Dream BIG Anna!

Jockey uniform costume and a scale that talks about the weight checks.  

And a mock starting gate!

It was a very fun visit!