Palm Beach Steeplechase -Wellington Florida Happenings!
What a great day it was for the Palm Beach Steeplechase in Wellington Florida held this past Saturday at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center.
We had such a blast! Hold your horses! The horse photos are down below for your enjoyment.
As we entered into the Stadium area the first thing we noticed was the convenience of Valet parking, golf cart rides from your car to the entrance and a trolley service that picked spectators up from other parking areas and brought them right up to the front of the Stadium here in Wellington Florida.
Of course, you could have driven up to the front curb with this hot pink Hummer! I just had to take a photo of this beauty!
Maybe the owner of this hot pink guitar belonged to that pink Hummer.
The vendor's area was near the front of the Stadium. Our son Joshua who is the executive chef at the White Horsse Tavern at the Equestrian center was in charge of the food for the event for the public and private parties. He had over 1200 reservations for the private party tents.
The weather was perfect; not too hot and not too cold. Actually it was in the 70's all day which helped me to enjoy the entire day at Steeplechase.
There was so much to do and we took a lot of photos to share with all of you. I will have to write several posts about different aspects of Steeplechase in order to share the entire experience and to make sure you will be here next year for Steeplechase!
The races went off well although it was hard for me to take video and photos of the horses racing because of the crowds. There needs to some special blogger pass to get closer to the fences and gates of the Equestrian events:)
There was a total of six races including:
- The Sport of Kings Maiden Hurdle
- Sport of Queens Filly and Mare Hurdle Stakes
- Allowance Hurdle
- The Palm Beach Supreme Hurdle Sport of Kings Novice Hurdle Stake
- Conditonal Claiming Hurdle
- The Celebrity Race
Enjoy some of these gorgeous horses:
There was a lot of other entertainment going on everywhere around the stadium and on the fields. People came from all over to participate in the Tailgate competition.
The Jack Russel races kept you entertained in between races as did the fire dancers and the pony rides for the little kids.
There were over 8,000 people in attendance for the second annual Palm Beach Steeplechase.
Suncast was the major sponsor of the event this year. Suncast is a company located outside of Chicago and makes outdoor furnishings. The CEO Tom Tisbo and his wife Jeannie are part time residents of Wellington Florida and their daughter jumps professionally.
We hope to see you out at the Palm Beach Steeplechase next year and also for all the excting Winter Equestrian Festival Events this year beginning on January 16, 2010!
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Definately looks like you had a great day - and yes the horse pictures are beautiful. Thanks for sharing
This just proves my point that ALL REAL ESTATE IS LOCAL & YOUR REALTOR® SHOULD BE TOO!
Merry Christmas and God Bless,
John
John- If I don't talk to you before Christmas, Merry Christmas to you too:) This is my favorite time of year:) Katerina
Katarina - I love the steeplechase. We have one big event every year here in Nashville, but it's becoming a difficult task just to attend. Your event looks like a lot of fun.
Katerina, this looks like this would have been a lot of fun!
Your pictures are awesome. I especially like the picture of the horse in mid-stride.
Looks like great fun was had by all. Those jockys are crazy!
Dan- One Jockey fell off his horse in one of the races and his horse just kept right on racing, the medics were right there and he is going to be fine.
Hey, nice use of the icons. I like how you incorporated them into you own buttons.
Brian- Thanks! I like them also:) I had the idea and the images but I had our VA actually make them for us. It is the time thing you know. Katerina
Katerina, love your horse photos! I'm just learning how to trot and post without falling off!
Hi, Katerina. I wanted to check back to see the pix you promised in your original post about the upcoming Steeplechase and I found this follow up in the "Horse Property Specialists" group. GREAT photos with such clear brilliant colors.
I've had horses for years and years so I really enjoyed them. Sure is a different world in Wellington!