I shot over 1500 photos (thank goodness for digital!) and am still going through them, deciding which ones need to be uploaded to the lab for printing. After a while, my eyes start to glaze over from staring at the screen too long.
All of the races were exciting but my favorites were: the $2 million Juvenile Filles for 2-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles, won by the lanky grey Stardom Bound in her typical come-from-behind style; the $2 million Ladies Classic (which used to be called the Distaff, a much better name IMHO) for fillies and mares aged 3 and up at 1 1/8 miles, won by the great undefeated 4-year-old filly Zenyatta, a huge bay with a quirky personality and talent to spare; the $5 million Classic for colts, geldings and horses (race-speak for stallions; in the Thoroughbred industry, older male racers are called "horses" and only those retired to stud are called "stallions") aged 3 and up at 1 1/4 miles, won by the 3-year-old chestnut colt Raven's Pass in a upset over the heavy favorite Curlin (the first horse to earn over $10 million in purse money and last year's Horse of the Year).

