Kentucky Derby Day at Tampa Bay Downs

Saturday was the Kentucky Derby and Billy came up with the idea to head out to the Tampa Bay Downs racetrack for their annual Derby Day. They were running 12 live races that day and also showing the Derby on their 60 foot infield screen for the 6:00 pm running. We got out there around 3:00 pm or so and went straight to the club house area. It's only $3 per person to get in and another few dollars for a program. It was even cheaper for me, since Billy paid our admission and bought my program, as well. Sucker. Anyway, we had a few Amstel Lights while sitting out on the deck and wagering a few bucks here and there. Billy and Jess hit on a few boxed exacta's and ended up fairing better than Lindsey and me. We did hit on one straight win and managed to make $45 off of a $5 bet. Our big Derby bet didn't go so well as we had Pyro and Colonel John projected to run well. No big deal, though, as we all still had a really good time. Saturday night was pretty uneventful as we cooked out on the pool deck at GC, although I did get suckered into buying a $25 steak from Wild Oats/Whole Foods. Lindsey wasn't in the mood for steak, so I asked the butcher to give me a really good steak for one. He recommended the grass fed, organic porterhouse. The 1 1/4 pound beast came in at a cool $24.78. I gotta say, it was pretty damn good.