Monday, May 20, 2013

....and they're off.........

What an exciting day today. It's a holiday in Canada today and since I'm unemployed, I was able to get up to Vancouver. My dad has a horse. It's his baby. Her name is Hey DidjaNotis, but we call her DiGi. He didn't want to leave her home in Vancouver BC over the winter this past year so he shipped her to AZ so she could spend the winter in the sun and get her training to race during this time. She was brought back home this spring and today was the first race that she qualified for.


She came out of the gate and never looked back. We were screaming and cheering and I'm sure everyone in the box seats wondered what train track we had to cross over to get to the races today, but it was so exciting for my Dad. The first time his horse runs, it wins. Notice there are no other horses in the photo when she crossed the finish line, they were all coming up behind. The odds were 18 /1 which means it paid pretty good, and I bet her across the board.  She had the second highest odds, as there were other good horses in this race.  How exciting to run down to the winners circle and get our picture taken, what a thrill! Dad took us out for dinner to celebrate the big win.
Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen!

Sharon

11 comments:

Janet O. said...

Well, that sounds like you had a very exciting holiday! Congrats to your Dad and his "baby". Love the horses name. : )

Nifty Quilts said...

Wahoo! What fun. Beautiful quilting on the last post too.

Carol said...

Oh Sharon....how fun is that!?! Glad you could be there and enjoy the win with your Dad! Good job on the bet too....helps with the unemployment =)

Barb said...

really cool. I love watching horse racing and how exciting to have a real interest in the horse!

Nancy said...

What a beautiful horse and what a fun day.

Louise said...

I couldn't be happier for your Dad. Looks like there really was some Irish luck in that bucket!

Lori said...

Congratulations! That sounds very exciting! I hope you won some big bucks!!

marie said...

Happy days for your Dad. I bet the whole family was thrilled.

Candace said...

What fun, Sharon! Congratulations to a gorgeous horse!
Cheers!

Mimi said...

congratulations. digi is beautiful.

Sharon said...

That sounds like a really fun, exciting time! How cool for your Dad! Congrats to him and his "baby". And I'm glad you got to spend the holiday with your Dad. Unemployment does have some perks. LOL