at the track....

my friend owns a racehorse....
~*~dancehall roxie ~*~ (more about her in another post...but isn't she gorgeous???)

this is his passion....horse racing...the fine art of handicapping who is going to win...come in 2nd...or 3rd.  he enjoys putting the pieces of the puzzle together....a major "brain" workout.  he is forever sharing his excellent and vast knowlege with me....and i do enjoy listening and learning.

but....

so cannot handicap....i know my limitations....too many puzzle pieces....and i would rather observe...investigate...discover...feel and enjoy what the atmosphere is offering my lovey~self.

this is canterbury park...in shakopee....a stomping ground for me this summer.....a place for me to play visually ~***~*~*~*~*~*~*~~

in the paddock...where they parade the thoroughbreds around before their race.  i love the steeples on the buildings here....and i love admiring the horses....

the horse owners and invited friends are the only people allowed inside the paddock...i am always in awe over the friendly competitive nature and gracefulness between the owners.  that....and i have never shaken so many hands in my life outside of the paddock.

oh! oh! oh!

here come the horses!!!!

i can never remember what the proper name is for the person who is walking the horse around. 

i am sure i have asked close to a zillion times.....

but it eludes me.

thus...

i do not handicap.

i observe...

and

admire...

and

ask alot of questions.

i want her job.

wait...

mmmmmm.....it is the jockey....talking to the trainer.

(the trainer?  only because i asked)

what is it about the

jockey???

i have always been fascinated with the jockey....must date back to when i was about 11 and my parents took me to the track in winnipeg...i believe i was fascinated by the jockey then too.

oh!

i have decided

i want his job too.

i love it when they mount the horse.

such ease

and

confidence

and

so very

graceful.

i never tire of watching it.

just beautiful.

and they are off to meet the lead horses to enter the track.

to be continued...

in beauty,

Pamela