Horse Sense

Horse Sense by NapkinDad
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I like horse racing, even though I have barely ever gone to the track. When I was a kid my Uncle Bunny (born on Easter, thus the name) was a harness racer at the Del Mar Racetrack just north of San Diego. Even though I don’t remember it now, we would go out there and watch him practice once in a while.

The most fun I ever had at the track was in 2008 when we visited Del Mar, California for my dad’s 90th birthday party. We rented a house on the beach in Del Mar that just happened to be walking distance to the track. The opening day fell while we were there. It has a great reputation as being a fantastic people watching spot on opening day. A lot of crazy outfits, especially women’s hats! We indulged and went to it.

We didn’t have much horse sense while wagering, but it didn’t matter, it was great fun.

Here are a few pics of that day.

This woman’s hat definitely felt like it had been collected
and made in a fairy meadow by little gnomes and elves.
Her voice and manner matched that feeling as well.

Caitlin tries her hand at hat posing.

The horses do a big parade into the track with hundreds of people at the
fence watching and judging their look to see if they might win the race.
I won the first race I betted on, then none others.

And finally, I have to tell the story of the day. As some of you might know, I like taking photos of backs, especially if they have interesting tattoos on them. As we walked to the track that day this woman was walking in front of us. I saw her little back tattoo and when we caught up with her I tapped her on the shoulder and asked her if I could take a photo of her tattoo. She said of course and turned to face me. While I was expecting to take a photo of the tattoo on her back, the one on her front made me, my wife and my daughters drop our jaw. Take a look below.