Saturday, May 26, 2012

Playing the Ponies

Today was a cool, rainy day. It would have been a good day to stay home, stoke the fire, play on the rug and have a long nap. We did none of these things.

Instead, we piled into the car and headed to Shakopee to watch the horse races. It's become a tradition for Team Hynes to visit Cantebury Downs on Memorial Day Weekend. And today Matt and I were glad to have DM with us. Better than that, he liked it.

We saw the usual sights: the paddock, the valets, the lines at the betting kiosks, and the regulars pouring over their programs. There were some unique events this year though: the rain and all the children we noticed. I was afraid DM would be the only babe in arms but not so. Little ones were all over the place. And DM must have been good luck because we left with some winnings. Thanks Desmond!

In the first picture, that's the "place" (Matt's horse) and the "show" (my
horse) in race #6 (Caffrey's favorite number).

2 comments:

Erin said...

Cute pics! Glad you guys had fun at the races!!

Mama M said...

Wish we could have joined you... I just didn't want to get DM sick (apparently my dad has a rash that is very suspicious for HF&M, likely from my little germ factory). Hope to see you all soon!