Arlington ParkArlington Heights, Illinois
Another summer flew by and left me feeling some regret that I hadn't fit in all the fun summer activities I had planned before the kids went back to school. So... this weekend I decided that the family would go watch the horse races!
The grounds were magnificent, right out of a movie.
It was incredible... I had no idea how much fun it was really going to be.
I had never been to a horse race before. It is very elegant. Before every race handlers parade around the horses, hoping the onlookers see something they like.
Then the jockey mounts their horse and walk a lap around in efforts to encourage you to run upstairs and place your bets!
As you can tell from our ticket we are big gamblers... $2 to win, place , or show... we actually won $13 on this ticket. Go big!
You couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day... 68 degrees F with a breeze... perfect. We had awesome "Executive" box seats that were right on the finish line. And to make our experience even better, we had a TV to see the finish up close. How fancy is that??
And even if you don't have your own private TV in your box... there is a giant TV in the in-field so you don't miss a thing.
All-in-all is was a great day with the kids.
One super fun summer activity... Check!
Another summer flew by and left me feeling some regret that I hadn't fit in all the fun summer activities I had planned before the kids went back to school. So... this weekend I decided that the family would go watch the horse races!
The grounds were magnificent, right out of a movie.
It was incredible... I had no idea how much fun it was really going to be.
I had never been to a horse race before. It is very elegant. Before every race handlers parade around the horses, hoping the onlookers see something they like.
Then the jockey mounts their horse and walk a lap around in efforts to encourage you to run upstairs and place your bets!
As you can tell from our ticket we are big gamblers... $2 to win, place , or show... we actually won $13 on this ticket. Go big!
You couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day... 68 degrees F with a breeze... perfect. We had awesome "Executive" box seats that were right on the finish line. And to make our experience even better, we had a TV to see the finish up close. How fancy is that??
And even if you don't have your own private TV in your box... there is a giant TV in the in-field so you don't miss a thing.
All-in-all is was a great day with the kids.One super fun summer activity... Check!
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