The day billyskank went to the races. (Pictures)

[billyskank]

Another half-assed attempt at making a composite image out of several pictures. This is Newmarket:



We had a good vantage for watching the horses go by:







Before each race, the horses are walked around the parade ring:







The bookies:



Watching a race from the main stand:







This is the winner's enclosure:



This statue is of Eclipse, a very famous racehorse:



Looking down the race course:



The finishing post, which seems an appropriate place to end:

[bicentennial_baby]

1. Boooo! These pics are Billyskank-free!!

x(

Nice pics, btw... :*

[SPKrazy]

4. but that means they aren't billy skanky...

:P

[billyskank]

5. I was on the wrong side of the camera, baby

But I was looking very smart. ;)

:*

There is a new picture of me on the boards right now... but nobody has commented on it yet. :D

[bicentennial_baby]

17. The bong one?

:D

Hottttt.... :loveya:

[billyskank]

19. You found it.

:D

:loveya:

[RevolutionaryActs]

9. I agree

I feel gypped.

[Whisp]

10. o, please don't nag about that.

[billyskank]

15. ...

:spank:

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Where's the drag strip?

:shrug:

[billyskank]

6. The drag strip is at Podington in Northamptonshire.

Newmarket is nowhere near that. :hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. Well, I'll come back

when you post photos of folks runnin' what they brung. :P




You guys do have the coolest names for places, though.

[billyskank]

13. None of this ONE horsepower shit, eh?

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

3. Who are those two guys pretending to be the horse statues balls?

[billyskank]

7. I dunno. I told them to fuck off but they wouldn't.

[graywarrior]

8. That's horseshit!

Bastids ruin everything.

[fizzgig]

11. great pics

i'm amazed at how green that grass is...i'm not used to stuff being that green out here

[billyskank]

23. Thanks.

:hug:

[Ptah]

14. Thanks. Did you wager?

:thumbsup:

[billyskank]

16. No, I'm not a gambling man.

I was there with work on a day out.

[Whisp]

18. Eclipse, was that before or after Secretariat?

I used to go to the races years and years ago. Secretariat would have been mid 70's or so.
Man O War, Northern Dancer, Onion. Some other names I plucked out of my Random access memory.

gorgeous beasts. I love horses.

[billyskank]

20. Eclipse was in the 18th century

so before. :D

[Whisp]

24. bologna!

;)
they didn't have horses then.

[In_The_Wind]

21. So? Ya like to watch the fillies move?

BTW Nice photos! :thumbsup:

[billyskank]

22. Why yes. Yes I do.

:D

:hi Joani! :loveya:

[In_The_Wind]

25. There are a few tracks around here.

I'm so excited!
I'm sure I can come up with a veggie wrap. :P

[billyskank]

26. But

what do you plan to wrap me up in? :D

;)

[In_The_Wind]

39. Oh My!

rose petals

[billyskank]

40. That sounds nice.

:D

:hug: :hi:

:loveya:

[Omphaloskepsis]

27. If you have Photoshop you can Auto-Level layers for color parity easily.

It still sucks but it only took about 20 seconds to do.

[billyskank]

29. That's a big improvement.

I'm still trying to wrap my brain around how the railings are straight in each image, but when you look at the three images together it seems as if they must bend.

:crazy:

[MrScorpio]

28. Ever do the Derby?

[billyskank]

30. No, but some from work do.

The big events over here are Royal Ascot and the Cheltenham Festival.

[aaronbees]

31. Newmarket's a lovely course ... great pics

Would love to visit it someday. Did you go today? Nice win by Majestic Roi in the Sun Chariot Stakes. :o That turf course looks heavy going!

[billyskank]

32. It was Friday.

:hi:

[matcom]

33. Isn't this 'Adopt A Vegan' Month?

x(

you KNOW they make burgers out of the ones that lose don't you?

:cry:

[billyskank]

35. Yes, and then they sell the burgers in the van around the other side.

It's a neat little business.

[matcom]

37. medium rare please

with a little Mayo on the bun my good man :D

[Bunny]

34. Hey, where are all the ladies with the goofy hats?

j/k billy(I know the hats are for Ascot)! Nice pics! :hi:

[billyskank]

36. Thanks.

:hi:

[DarkTirade]

38. Those jockeys are so tiny... I just want to take one home and hug him and squeeze him and call him

George... :P