For anyone who has been living under a rock the last two weeks, you need only TRY to get to Churchill Downs to realize today is Derby Day. Police and armed National Guard members are out in full force, seemingly at every intersection, entrance, loading dock, parking lot and port-o-potti within 3 miles of the track.
The skies are looking good - for now. Rain is forecast, and it is overcast, but there is no rain falling right now. The track is listed as "good," but a return of any rain would likely change that.
I got searched and checked over about a half-dozen times getting to my seat here in the press box, but I guess when you'e at one of the world's biggest sporting events, that's par for the course. hard to believe, with this kind of security, that anything terrible ever happens anywhere.
The Queen is due to be here today, and reports yesterday came out that "The King," NASCAR legend Richard Petty, is being flown in to meet her... Now THAT'S a picture worth 1,000 words!
As for me, the work is done until the race is run, so once I'm done making my picks, I'm going to spend some time walking around the grounds, soaking in the Derby Day craziness. Got a taste of that yesterday when I checked out the grandstand before the Oaks - I liken it to Travers Day on steroids. Today, there should be an additional 50,000. Yikes!
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