My Day with Rachel
 

So, I spent most of the day Friday on the rail in the 1st floor clubhouse..but an hour before the race six of us went up to the 3rd floor clubhouse in the owners section. Four NBC cameras in front of us, Jeff Mullins behind us...and Ivarone with a HUGE body guard to the right of us. We had two Churchill EE's dedicated to us for "IF" Rachel won. The prepped us on the rush down the stairs and through hallways across the track..on to the turf course for the winners circle. It was an amazing experience. I also met IWR connections will in the winners circle...crazy/fun people and I felt horrible for them Sat morning. I made the front page of the Lexington Herald-Leader if anyone still has Sat edition.

It was a dream come true for me, and I have nothing to do with the horse other then a family connection. They all went back to Lexington and partied at Sals which one of the "Big" farms rented out for them. I stayed in the ville to prepare for Saturday.

Sounding like I will be making my first trip to Belmont.....

Very cool Root.

congrats root..

Congrats Root. What an amazing filly. Got to be like a dream to have a piece of one that good.:tro:

Congrats, and thanks for the behind the scenes look - good luck! Enjoy!

congrats on your nice day

Thanks All...

not sure if this link is gonna work...but here I am in the winners circle from an espn photo. I am the one on the far right with dark hair..behind the owners daughter in the black hat. Better yet, I was with the 3 ladies kneeling down in front. The one in the middle is my wife.

http://assets.espn.go.com//horse/gallery/41243969.html

Congrats Root. Very cool, thanks for sharing.

Root you fit right in :tro:

Wahoo! You look like you - and everyone else - are having a great time! Nice photo.

yes...tie un-done and about 8 beers deep...it was fun. The guy behind me that looks like he is saying "fuk" was a buddy of mine that I brought in with me....so funny.

That's awesome rootdog.

very cool! looks like fun. thanks for posting the experience and pictures.

Thanks. It is funny I was in the winners circle thinking I cant wait to share this with derbytrail....A group of people I have never met.

Also, the cooliest part was that there was a little girl that I understand was from Make-A-Wish in there..with the mask. Just all-around a fantastic event.

Congrats! Thx for passing it along!

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Congrats.

Very cool Root!!!

See you in NY.

Great stuff Root!

Awesome Root!!

Must be a most surreal feeling!

Lucky you!

That is so cool. I was not going to the Belmont till they said they want to run her in the Acorn. Now I have to make the trip.

... and you got one of the greatest steaks in the country to top it off. Life is good at the top! :D

actually no.. I stayed in Louisville and did not return to Lexington until Sunday. So missed the Sals party.

that's awesome, how lucky you are to have been a part of that.
still can't get over how dominating she was that day.

that must have been an incredible moment, in the winners circle for the oaks-with rachel alexandra. wow. good for you and your wife!

Nice Root!

See you at the BC?;)

Great story Root...very cool

Awesome - good for you Root- looks like a blast!

thats pretty sweet root... not too many people get to experience that in their life...

Looks like he is saying sh*t..lol...what an incredibly cool picture..man

and a nice posse of ladies Root as well

Not the level of details we get from Scavs...but great moment and one you'll look back at forever. Brig a camera next time!

Very nice!

Spyder

Great souvenir shot! Congrats on the experience. I think we're all pretty envious.

--Dunbar

Did Calvin happen to mention that he was on a "live horse" the next day???? :eek:

no, and dont I feel like an idiot for not even using him at all in the derby...I looked at it and hated MTB, so passed on him. A buddy of mine saw him Thursday at dinner and he said he had live mounts both days...he hit the pk3, pk4, and tri. Of course I heard that on Sunday.