Kentucky Horse Park

So, today was super! We spent a few hours at the Kentucky Horse Park! Highly recommended for anyone who is familiar with famous thoroughbreds at all. Secretariat and Man O' War are both buried there under statues.  Saw a horse that was 19.2hh!!! He was a shire sport horse. Wow.  The horse museum was also terrific.

From there we hit downtown Lexington for lunch at the Cheapside Bar and Grill. First we went to Mccarty's Irish bar and it was full of Irish Americans.  Lol, couldn't understand anything they said but the eff word.  After that we headed out to Woodford Reserve Bourbon distillery.  We were too late for a tour, but got to try some bourbon (yuck).  Then we did a driving tour in our little ford escape through some of the horse farms. It is so pretty.

Stopped at a town called Midway that is super picturesque. Found my hat in a neat little shop there.  You should see Josh's outfit 😉. Bowtie, suspenders and all, lmao.  He is rocking the derby and all for me, which makes him a rock star! Tonight just hanging at the hotel.  Tomorrow we have to be up by 6:30 and out the door by 8 to get to Louisville for the Derby day. The actual derby race doesn't run til 6:30pm. And it's supposed to be 17 degrees and raining. Just what everyone woman in a dress wants to hear.

That's about as exciting as we are today 😊

Here's my picks for the Derby:
Verrazano
Mylute (woman jockey)
Overanalyzed

We will see how my $2 bet pays off, lol