bofkentucky's Journal: A beautiful day

So I've got 5 days of vacation, plus a week of training to take before Jan 1, decided to burn one of those vacation days today.
Slept in and headed up the road to the finest horse track on the planet, had a decent day gambling (-$30, counting drinks) even hit a $70 trifecta on the 8th race. It was opening day, so there were people who looked like they stepped off the set of Seabiscut roaming the stands, including my barmaid. Keeneland (and 48 hour football tailgating) are the only reasons I would consider moving back to Lexington, but damn they are fine reasons.