Der Weg nach dem Deutsches Derby, Teil 2

Liang Kay (4) defeated last year's top German 2-year-old Precious Boy in the Dr.-Busch-Memorial at Krefeld on Sunday. (photo from galopp3000.de)

This is Keeneland....

The clubhouse/grandstand entrance
The paddock, where the horses are saddled and prepared for the races.

Behindatthebar wins "Last Chance Derby" at Keeneland

Behindatthebar (above) won the $325,000 Coolmore Lexington Stakes at Keeneland Saturday. The win gives Behindatthebar enough purse winnings to get in the 20-horse field for the Kentucky Derby May 3.

Der Weg nach dem Deutsches Derby, Teil 1

Black Out (above) won the Preis der Dreijahrigen, the first stakes race on the road to the BMW Deutsches Derby, on March 30 at Dusseldorf.

Seventeen Shopping days till the Derby!

In case the ladies out there were wondering about appropriate headwear for the Kentucky Derby Party, here are some examples:

http://keeneland.stores.truition.com/edealinv/servlet/ExecMacro?nurl=control/StoreDirectory.vm&ctl_nbr=2661&catLevel=2&scLevel=2&catParentID=29311&scId=29311&oldParentID=20344

Here's to Buckeye Beer!

Here's a link to a nice article from yesterday's Toledo Blade:

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080406/ART16/222892864

Be sure to check out the multimedia display.

I thought BMW was run by Germans!

UNGLAUBLICHE DUMMHEIT!

The apocalypse is coming! A news item in this week's Auto Motor und Sport:

BMW has announced that it will offer internet access in the forthcoming restyled 7-Series luxury sedan, out this fall. Worse, the system is controlled by the notorious i-Drive unit. Fortunately, (this is proof the Bavarians haven't gone completely mad) the internet can only be accessed while the car is in "Park". This from a manufacturer that once stubbornly refused to offer cupholders in its cars.