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Kentucky Derby Museum Part 2

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After we walked around the museum we went outside to participate in the Historic Walking Tour.
Our tour guide showed us the jockey outside.  He’s painted every year to reflect the current winner.

Along the sides of the buildings are all of the winners of the Kentucky Derby winners.

 The Triple Crown winners are in gold with a crown.

Then we continued our walk and stopped at a garden before entering the race track.
In it was a statue of the first ever Derby winner, Aristides.
Pat Day  also has a statue. 
The racetrack was pretty. 
The tour ended with the resident real horses. 
Risen Warrior was born in 1996 and won over $500,000 during his racing days.
Winston, the mini horse, was born in 1993 and has lived at the museum for 19 years. 
Near the resident horse area was a garden which held the gravestones for five Derby winners.

Eight Belles, who ran second in the 2008 Kentucky Derby,  also had a memorial.
Going to the museum and being able to participate in the walking tour, was an educational experience. Going down to Breyerfest early was a great idea. :)

Kentucky Derby Museum Part 1

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On Tuesday, Melissa and I arrived in Kentucky. Instead of staying at a hotel, we stayed at a Bed and Breakfast. There was a resident Border Collie named Fly.

From our window, we could see fields of horses and cattle.

The next day, we drove to Louisville to see  The Kentucky Derby Museum. It was my first time and it had been a while since Melissa had gone.
The Barbaro Statue stood out front. 
We took a tour, which included seeing the racetrack. But before getting into that, we walked around the actual museum!
Plenty of outfits filled the museum. Fashion isn’t an art that I’m into, but some of the outfits were pretty cool!
I loved the Derby Hats.

There’s a breyer!
The Winner’s Circle has a manikin of the current winner of the Derby in it. It’s updated each season, and this year it’s American Pharaoh. 

Loved his face!
Exhibit cases held tack, saddle clothes, and other racing memorabilia.
Affirmed’s saddle cloth
(Can’t remember who this belonged too)
(Racing saddle that I can’t remember who it belonged to).
Secretariat also had an exhibit.
 
Each Derby winner had a block that included their info, so here’s a couple of the blocks.

Before the 2003 Seabiscuit movie, there was this one. I saw it years ago on TV and it had actual footage of Seabiscuit racing.
I must say that my favorite part was the simulation ride. Melissa and I played four or so times. 
We also dressed up like jockeys. Five hours of  the drive down I decided to learn how to take selfies. Yay for texting and having a selfie savvy sister.
That concludes the museum part! Next comes the racetrack and a couple of actual horses!

A Very Short Breyerfest 2015 Recap

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I had a great time at Breyerfest this year!

There was a great mix of real horse,

and model horse.

Breyer’s Best Customs Contest entry by Laura Skillern

I also had the opportunity to see the Kentucky Derby Museum, which was awesome.

I took plenty of pictures, so there will be a couple of posts about Breyerfest! Until then, I’m off to read Go Set A Watchman. It arrived at my house the day I left for Breyerfest, so I didn’t get to see it until I got back.

Road To Breyerfest

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Breyerfest. Breyerfest. Breyerfest! It may begin officially on Friday,  but the traveling starts way before then. Today I started the journey to Breyerfest with fellow hobbyist Melissa.
I know I threw Carl the zombie into the car, but couldn’t find him.
Instead, Duck-Horse made an appearance.
We started at my house and traveled through the rest of Pennsylvania before hitting Maryland and taking a rest stop. We left at a decent time.

Duck-Horse is easier to photograph than the doll, lemme tell ya.

We made it across bridges,

Saw a really cool Batman car,
and eventually hit storms. The road to Breyerfest is paved with storms.

But we made it to Kentucky! I am so directionally challenged, and am happy that I only got lost 2 times. This is an amazing number. Yes, there was a very loud GPS in the car too.

I hope anyone traveling to Breyerfest has a safe trip and everyone else enjoy your week!