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Del Mar Races

Del Mar Racetrack, Horse Racing, Day at the races

I typically post one photo a day or I try at least but today I thought I’d tell a story with pictures instead. I was really trying to practice my panning technique at the Del Mar racetrack but while waiting for the races to start I was taking some snaps; many months later I realized that I had documented the race without intending to do so. So here is the story of how the races go:

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Parade Laps

Del Mar Races, Parade Lap, Del Mar Racetrack

This set of images is from a few weekends ago when we went to the Del Mar racetrack. Before each race starts they bring out the horses and do a few laps around a smaller “track”; initially they walk the horses by themselves for people to see them. Not really sure if there is an art to it or just better’s intuition but I heard a few guys talking about the way a horse was walking and it showed his confidence so they should put their money on him! Personally I was in awe of the horses beauty, they are so graceful in the way they walk and run. They have got to be one of the leanest animals also, they appear as if they are all muscle.

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Del Mar Racetrack

Del Mar Racetrack, Day at the races

After all this time of living in San Diego, I finally made it to the Del Mar Racetrack. Never really understood the big fuss as I imagined it to be horse track full of gamblers but it does hold other events to keep everyone interested I guess :) On this particular day it was a Ziggy Marley concert and we wanted to go early to make sure that we can get in, since we’ve never been we didn’t really understand how this whole thing worked. Once we got there, we just had to pay general admission and we could stay until the end of the day.

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