We arrived in Kentucky today, the last stop on our trip. We are going to tour the Kentucky Horse Park, the Louisville Slugger Bat Museum, and some other smaller stops. Today, we toured the Churchill Downs grounds; the track where they run the most famous horse race of all time, as well as the longest annually run sporting event, the Kentucky Derby. We also found out that they were running the Breeders Cup races today. While on the tour, we got to watch one of the races that was being run. After taking the tour, we explored the Kentucky Derby Museum. Every year after the Derby, they change some things around that were related to the previous year’s race. For instance, they have a model of what the winner’s circle looks like, complete with a life-size horse model and rider. Every year, they change the saddle pad and replace it with a pad reflecting the most recent Derby winner. It was a neat tour, and the museum was well done. We can’t wait until tomorrow.
P.S. For all of you who watched the first two races of the Triple Crown, Barbaro was possibly put down today. The man who led our tour told us that the horse has a bad case of laminitis (an infection that causes inflammation and lack of circulation.) He had been doing fine, but they might have to put him down today.
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