The other horseshoe dropped last week; the 2015 Breeders' Cup will in fact be held at Keeneland Racecourse. You can read about it here and watch the WHAS-TV (Loouhvuhl, KY) news report here. You can read my own thoughts on the subject here and watch the 3-minute Keeneland promotional film here.
For the participants and for the spectators at home it will be an unparalleled experience, one never to be forgotten. Weather permitting, it should bestow upon Keeneland an historic conclusion to its 2015 fall meet.
For those of you who've yet to visit the paradise that is Keeneland (what's wrong with you people?!), I'm not certain I would recommend that you make the occasion of the 2015 World Thoroughbred Championships your maiden [horse racing pun] trip. Acknowledging the rare opportunity to see firsthand an assemblage of the finest thoroughbred race horses from around the world, all at once, the vast crowd of humanity and the transportation logistics encountered on October 30th and 31st, 2015 most likely will give the first-time visitor a distorted - perhaps frustrating - perception of the natural Keeneland experience. If you're a regular to Keeneland, have at it! Just take these tips from a Breeders' Cup veteran (Churchill Downs, 2006); don't count on finding overnight accommodations, dress yourself in layers, arrive on-site as early as humanly possible, smuggle into the grandstand pocketsful of your own sustenance (tailgaters need not worry), make all of your bets for the day at the earliest point, and expect to exit the grounds well after dark. It will be a long day (or days).
Whatever one does, one should avoid the royal enclosure at Royal Ascot (not that it's relevant to the subject at hand). It's hard enough to hit a superfecta, don't additionally make me dress like Cary Grant.
Roll the credits!
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