Horses are smelly...but fast.

Joe and I spent the afternoon with some rich, Ivy league assholes on Saturday at the Belmont Stakes, but despite overhearing some seersucker-clad dude from Connecticut (who was probably only 21) say that he'd lost $2,000 and was continuing to bet--UGH-- it was a great time. Walking into the track area was kind of like walking into the tailgating area of a football game (sort of). Dozens of people had set up their lawn chairs, blankets, and coolers on the grass in front of the Jumbotron away from the chaos of the grandstands to enjoy the race. I later found out that race fans are allowed to bring grills onto the grounds! we spent the bulk of the afternoon chilling in the grandstands (closer to the betting windows) and watching the horses up close. I didn't win any money and Joe was one horse away from winning $250 on the Stakes race. :( Still, we didn't lose much either, opting to spend our dough on booze...delicious booze. Needless to say, I learned a lot about betting on horses and I'd LOVE to go back on some random weekend to hang out with the old pathetic gamblers. Here are some pics. I'm too lazy to create a hot link for it, so suck it up and paste into your browser. I think i even have some half-assed captions....

http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/daniellemcclure80/Belmont%20Stakes/