Off to the Races!

On Friday night, Brian and I headed to a town called Newmarket for a Kentucky-Derby-type event: the Newmarket Horse Races! Having never been to a race before, we didn't know ANYTHING about wagering on horses so we just went with the names we liked (we bet on Magnificence, Black Sapphire, The Happy Hammer, and Aggravation among others). =) We did very small wagers so we weren't too upset when we didn't win anything by the end of the night.

The idea is to get dressed up, complete with hat and everything; however, almost everyone decided to forgo that on the night we went because there were terrential downpours at one point and then a steady rainfull most of the night... (what else do you expect in England, right?) We will have more glamorous pictures next year hopefully!

After the horse races, the Pussycat Dolls actually performed - we thought it was very random that they were in a small English town, but they gave a great concert!

We were outside in the cold rain for a long time, but we had a great time and definitely plan to go back next year. We will just need to study more and pick better horses... ;)