And they're off!!

The hats, the sounds, the mud, the sunburn, ahhh Kentucky Derby. What a good time! Erik and I had a blast this year at Churchhill Downs. The crowd was huge, and the alcohol was flowing freely. No early morning Mint Juleps for me this year!! I will be posting pictures soon, but wanted to touch on some of the more memorable things this year.

Saw a good fight! These two girls were slapping each other and pulling each other's hair (all because a drunk girl knocked into this woman who was all dressed up) and they went at it, then the drunk girl's boyfriend tried to break them up and the dressed up woman's son jumped in and they started wailing on each other, THEN this random guy just jumped in and tried to break it up again, when the dressed up woman's son punched him in the nose. . .wee doggy! That's when the cops came and broke it up, and threw them all out. And where was my camera for this? Yeah, in my pocket. . .oops.

Got lots of pictures of crazy hats, and some great outfits (like this one dude who had a fake dick hanging out of his pants, hilarious) I tried to get a pic of my favorite outfit of the day, an older man with a dress shirt AND cutoff overalls, it was so classy. In fact, I saw lots of men in daisy duke cut offs. Another fun activity was the mud fight that broke out near the end of the day. Yes, just a bunch of people standing around hucking mud at each other, precious. Then there was the mud soccer game (got a couple of pics of that) and the stupid women who insisted on wearing high heels to walk around the muddy grass.

I couldn't believe I actually won money! Hooray!! I never win anything, and to have picked the winner, Big Brown, really rocked. It was sad that the runner up had to be put down after crossing the finish line, she had broken both front ankles, and there was nothing they could do, so literally, on the track, put her down. :(

That, in a nut shell, was my Kentucky Derby experience. . . can't wait for the next one!!