…that Run for the Roses.

I do not like to ride horses, nor do I like to be near horses, but I LOVE to watch them run. Horses are majestic and beautiful. I admire them from afar. And I dearly love the event that features these beauties every first Saturday of May.

The Kentucky Derby

has been deemed the most exciting (fastest) two minutes in sports.

The race features three-year-old Thoroughbreds that run a distance of one and a quarter miles at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Kentucky Derby has been run every year since 1875. It is the first leg of the American Triple Crown and is followed by the Preakness Stakes, then the Belmont Stakes.

My first pick was Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn’s odds were 5-1, but before I knew that, I chose him, just because I like his name. When the race began, Mendelssohn was bumped out of the gate and never recovered.

Mendelssohn came in LAST.

My other pick was Justify.

Justify finished much better.

My tendency is to stand in front of the television to observe sports events that have my interest, and like many others have watched the Kentucky Derby from my living room for the past several years.

This year LB decided that we should get dressed up and go out to enjoy the race in the company of others. He does a good job of getting me out of my comfort zone.

LB made arrangements for us to go to the

Cowford Chophouse

in downtown Jacksonville to watch the 144th Kentucky Derby.

We enjoyed a rooftop party filled with guests wearing fancy hats and bow ties.

Some day I may find myself enjoying the company of others on the first Saturday of May at Churchill Downs. With a man like LB in my life, it wouldn’t surprise me.