It seems that no matter where you go to the horse race, the “hat” is in!
The World Cup at Dubai
The Melbourne Cup in Austrailia
Royal Ascot in Ascot, England
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in Paris
Belmont Stakes in Belmont, NY
A great movie to watch is Disney’s Secretariat…it’s an awesome story!
The Belmont Stakes are held at
Belmont Park in Belmont, NY each year. The Belmont Stakes Race is the
last race in the triple-crown series. The Belmont Stakes has run for 140
years. The race is highly anticipated each year and has been the focus
of careful attention. Over the past few decades, 15 horses have
attempted to win the Belmont Stakes after winning both the Preakness and
the Derby. In 140 years, only 11 horses have actually won the coveted
Triple Crown! As a side note, the Belmont Park does not raise its
admission prices for the Belmont Stakes, making this an event that
anyone can attend.
(ratestogo.com/blog/9-top-horse-races-around-the-world/)
The Preakness in Baltimore, Maryland
Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky
(the first of the 3 races known as the triple crown)
Spirit of Secretariat Derby Hat designed by East Angel Harbor Hats
I’ve always loved horses and horse racing. When I was a girl, I had my own horse and his name was Prince!
He was very gentle horse, he was fun in so
many ways: if he heard thunder or saw lightening, he would go get the
cows in the barn without a word from me or my dad. He knew how to open
the D handle on the hay loft (one end of the barn was ground level). I
liked to sleep in the barn’s hayloft and I would hear him snorting and
munching just a few feet from where I slept. He also knew how to turn on
the water at the water trough and run the well dry. I loved him no
matter what he did…although he’d get a pretty good scolding from my dad;
Prince would hang his head and look sorrowful the entire scolding. I
knew it was all for show and that first opportunity he’d do it again.
I never used a saddle and we lived in the
mountains of NE Washington state where it was either up hill or down
hill to where you were going on horseback. When I would slide off, he’d
find the nearest place that I could stand on so I could climb back up.
Prince was 16 hands high and I was 4’11″ tall…needless to say I needed a
stump or a fence post to climb up in order to get back on him. He
never left me behind…
