AT THE RACES ~ AT THE BIJOU ~ PREAKNESS POSTING

PREAKNESS POWERS PIMLICO

It's a fast track. Turf conditions are firm. 

~ Third Saturday in May ~ PREAKNESS DAY!

Welcome to Pimlico, on Preakness Racing Day  ~ Baltimore, Maryland your Maryland

For a fashionable segment of racing fans from 1870 on, there was no other place to be or be seen on Preakness Day than the sprawling stately Victorian building known as the Old Clubhouse, THE HOUSE OF STYLE. Men and women dressed to the height of fashion were served by white-coated waiters, directed by a maitre d’ wearing a tuxedo. Gleaming wood floors led to numerous sitting rooms, a wrap-around porch and an ornate cupola. Elegance prevailed and the menu followed suit. Standing at the foot of the homestretch, the structure was destroyed in June 1966 – with it went a racing tradition, heirlooms, photographs and paintings, genteel customs and more than nine decades of memories. A token replica of the destroyed building’s cupola now sits in the infield, complete with the notorious painted horse and jockey weather vane. (from Preakness history files)

No matter if you are stylin' from the genteel crowd or a whooping-it-up rowdy in the rough ~ EVERYONE HAS A HORSE ON PREAKNESS DAY, third Saturday in May, second gem of racing's Triple Crown.
It's a Tradition, I tell you.
 

 Along with the loveliest of gracious ladies' hats, LUCK is still the fashion of the day . . . the question is WHICH of the 12 contending horses will wear the black-eyed susan blanket home?

PONDER, PONDER, Preakness style.

JOIN US ... 

  AT THE RACES

  comes to off off track action AT THE BIJOU!

POST*TIME: 6:18 pm EST ~ NBC TV

You have $100 to wager

( imaginarily speaking )

BET IT WELL

AT THE RACES ~ AT THE BIJOU

Any configuration in WIN, PLACE or SHOW

or you can trifecta your perfecta ... it's up to You

Whomsoever can win the biggest treasure from their wagering accumen or Bennie Da Bookie's hot tips ... on a right nice fast track . . . shall WIN the GRAND*PRIZE ... AT THE RACES  ~  AT THE BIJOU!

~ THE FIELD OF 12 ~ 

#1 - Aikenite

#2 - Schoolyard Dreams

#3 - Pleasant Prince

#4 - Northern Giant

#5 - Yawanna Twist

#6 - Jackson Bend

#7 - Looking At Lucky

#8 - Super Saver

#9 - Caracortado

#10 - Paddy O'Prado

#11 - First Dude

#12 - Dublin

~ LEAVE YOUR $100 (imaginary) BETS

IN THE COMMENTS OFF OFF OFF

TRACK WINDOW BELOW:

( Before PostTime - 6:18 pm EST ~ NBC TV )

psst:  NEED TIPS:   

More on THE CONTENDERS 

right here.  

Get your PREAKNESS RACING FORM  here.

GoodRacing and GoodLuck

BIJOU folks!

AT THE RACES ~ AT THE BIJOU is brought to you by

Absolutely*Kate, Horsey Harry and Sweet Sugar. 

PIMLICO PLEASIN' Recipes naturally follow ... *clink*!

HURRY! Place your $100 (imaginary) bet! 

"THE PRINTS AND THE POPPER", our murder mystery matinee 

returns post-Preakness ... to start your SUNDAY off  in scary style!

See you then . . . but first, something from our friends ~