winner's circle

This may be as close to the winner's circle as we get on Black Eyed Susan Day, at least this year! It was a gorgeous day and I must admit, Pimlico looks pretty good in pink- it is a very flattering color, even for ole Hilltop! Everyone was out in their finery and the lady jockey legends did a good job. Carol and I were both galloping horses when Jennifer Rowland was racing( before she added Small to her name) and we looked at each other, shaking our heads, saying," No way , could we ride a 6 furlongs race. Even to try we would be riding l-o-n-g. Jennifer was out there, stirrups jacked and finished really well. Impressive! Wasn't on the best horse but finished strongly, tho' few of them looked a little wobbly. Royal Delta won the Black Eyed Susan, looking magnificent, running the fractions as fast as the sprint one race before. She is by Empire Maker, out of an A.P.Indy mare - that is horse royalty for those who don't know, and she did the royals proud. Beat Todd Pletcher's horse, who was also pretty nice. We watched the media have a camera trained on him the whole 1/2 hour before the stakes race. Literally, they ( the cameramen) were crouched one row behind us, one row in front of Pletcher, with the camera 12 inches from his face. He seemed nonplussed, ignored them and keeps a private look on his face- but what if you have to scratch your nose or something?   I had a wonderful phone call as I arrived at Pimlico this morning. My trainer announced my little two year old got her gate card and worked her first breeze- 3/8th in .37 sec.   This is very respectable, even if Pimlico is very fast track right now.  I am happy and there is no camera watching me smile!