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Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs
Six members
of KTTC and one parent each enjoyed all-expense paid trips to
the Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs including front-row seats
for Saturday's Championship races.
Highlights
of the day included post-race visits with Breeders' Cup Classic-winning
jockey Chris McCarron, Kent Desormeaux, and Edgar Prado. The
group also attended the post-race BC celebration in the Kentucky
Derby Museum.
Friday
the group spent the morning on the backside at Churchill Downs
and met trainers D.Wayne Lukas, Bob Baffert, Beau Greely, Bruce
Headley, Scotty Schulhofer, Ken McPeek and others, as well as
former jockey Julie Krone, owners Cot Campbell, Laddie Dance,
exercise rider Andy Durnin and others. They also met many of
their equine favorites including Lemon Drop Kid, She's a Devil
Due, Tranquility Lake and Tiznow etc.
In the
afternoon, KTTC's group shipped to Lexington to visit Mill Ridge
and Glennwood Farms. At Mill Ridge the group saw two fantastic
stallions: Deisis and Gone West, up close and personal. They
also visited with Keeper Hill, who was rather friendly. At Glennwood
the group was presented personalized t-shirts, shown yearlings
and given the chance to sit on a former racehorse.
We capped
off an outstanding afternoon with dinner at John E's Steak House
in Louisville.
In the
end, it was another jam-packed, action-filled two days that
never will be forgotten.
KTTC thanks
everyone who contributed to make this a fantastic BC trip.
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