Mar 8thVirginia Gold Cup, University Row

Saturday, May 3rd, 2014

If you’ve never been to the Virginia Gold Cup, you need to go.  If you don’t know someone with a tent, I strongly recommend University Row.  Sign up with your alumni network, or in my case, since CNU doesn’t have an affiliation (yet), my parents’.  The pictures below are from last year.  They are a combination of my and my friends’ facebook pictures, and University Row’s facebook pictures.  As you can tell, its a really good time.  Unlimited good food, mint juleps, jim beam, and horse racing.  What more could you want?

Thanks to my hat, I was chosen for the fashion show/runway showdown.  I lost (to someone in a do-rag, it must have been rigged), but it was a lot of fun.  Despite the outcome, like my number, I was #1 (look at that strut).  Walking the runway in a Virginia Bow Tie, linen, bourbon in hand, and cigar after?  Check it off the bucket list.

The drive up is always pretty rowdy.  The drive home is usually a lot quieter (RP).  I’m going to be out of country for the 2014 Gold Cup, but I hope you go anyway, and maybe I’ll see you there next year.

More info about the Gold Cup, and Steeplechases in general.