Kentucky Derby in Texas

This weekend we headed down to Retama Park outside of San Antonio to watch the Kentucky Derby. We thought it would be fun to grab some friends, get decked out in Kentucky Derby wear, and head down to the big horse track.... where you watch the Kentucky Derby on TV's, but can actually gamble on the race. Madelyn and I placed a large bet of 3 dollars (!!) on Big Brown.... and guess what? He won! So we walked away with a profit of $2.20! We are rolling in the dough....

The best part was seeing everyone dressed up in the big hats and seersucker suits. We had a blast.

Tobi, Jessica and Madelyn before leaving for Retama.

I wanted everyone at the track to know that I was a big spender.

Madelyn and Jessica on their way up to the top of the park.... the V.I.P. level.... it costs an extra dollar!


Jessica, Madelyn, Tobi and Allison... she had the coolest hat.


Madelyn and I learned that betting on horses is really a lot more complicated than you think. But we made the right choice!

This is minutes before the actual race started.... we just watched it on the TV's since it was in Kentucky... but it was fun being at an actual race track.

This is minutes before we walked away BIG winners.