A Day At the Races!

This weekend I had the opportunity to attend my first horse race. Spectators gathered at Great Meadow near The Plains, Virginia, to celebrate the 70th running of the International Gold Cup Races. My good friends hooked us up with tickets in a private tent. The horses would race right past our tent. I really don't think we could have had a better view of the races. It was a beautiful fall day, and I loved every minute of it! We conversed with the other guests in the tent over lunch and fun finger foods. The best part was getting all dressed up in our sweater vests, polo's, pearls, argyle, and hats. Such an east coast event! The website recommended a few ideas as far as the dress code:

A few of us decided to walk around the event, and scope out the scene. We found a fun tent full of beautiful, expensive hats. We spent a while there trying on different hats and posing for multiple cameras. Even a media man stopped to take our picture. We are convinced that we be on the next cover issue of Horse & Hound.

We also meandered over to the horse stables.



The Group Shot

This picture kind of cracks me up. As you can imagine, there were many photographers, and this picture captures every single person looking in a different direction. Classic. This moment was definitely one of those, how did I get here?! moments. I am definitely living up my east coast experience.