Glorious day, even for midwinter.
Last minute school trip shopping, a quick wander around Kirstenbosch, spotted (lol – iykyk) this owl (and another one):
…some Grand Prix to try and see friends in the crowd (we didn’t), this guy doing his stuff under the lights (kerching!):
…and then an England Euro final win.
Not bad… Not bad.
A hugely busy day, but for good reasons, with an afternoon out at the races in Durbanville (passports in hand for the Boerewors Curtain), watching this guy do his thing.
A creditable 3rd place in his comeback race, following a long lay off during which time he lost his balls.
Eina.
And back from the Deep North just in time to head out to dinner to celebrate the end of the Boy Wonder’s Prelims, in 9 minutes time.
So, like I said, busy – but good. 🙂
An early start up to the Milnerton gallops this morning. Lots of horses around (as you might expect), but we were there to see this boy being put through his paces.
Frustrating fencing from a photography point of view, but as was pointed out, it’s quite useful to keep the horses going one way or of the way of the horses going the other way.
So fair enough.
Like watching the TT, it’s blink and you miss it stuff. They don’t hang around. And there’s no second or third lap. But the camera did its job ok, as you can see from these unedited pics.
Dinner out in town this evening, and then tomorrow morning… a lie in.
Lucky enough to go along to Kenilworth today and watch this guy’s second ever race. And was he ever ready to go:
But once the tension and the nerves in the Parade Ring had dissipated, he went out and he did the business in a very strong field.
“Winner winner, chicken dinner”, as the locals say. Although actually, I think they have plans to race him some more first.
Amazing result. I’ll let you know when he’s racing again so that you can win some money, too.