My dad (Aahz) and I went to the Golden Gate Fields Racetrack yesterday. It was ALOT of fun! It was my first time seeing a horse race. There were nine live race and tons of TV races. Aahz gave me $50 to bet with. Aahz started with $100 to bet. Since I’m less then 18, I couldn’t legally bet. Aahz gave our money to the lady in the window and she gave us 2 slips of paper. Two tiny slips of paper for $150!!!!!! I was SO CONFUSED!!!!!!!!! I then found out that the paper was like a credit card. It held all your money and when you make a bet, you put it in and it charges that paper. Then it gives you a new paper with your new balance on it. If you lose the card, tough luck to you!

We got to the track an hour and a half before the first race. That was enough time for Aahz to teach me the little he knew about horse racing. We also did some research the night before. I learned that a win bet is when you bet a horse is going to win. EX. I bet $5 that Horse 1 will win. A place bet is when you bet a horse is going to place or come in second. EX. I bet $5 that horse 2 will place(come in second place) There is also a show bet when, you guessed it, a horse will show or come in third place. EX. I bet $5 that horse 3 will show. There are SO many more types of bets but those are the three main ones. I learned all this from this site. I got to pick my bets and fill out the bet cards though which was cool.

Anyway, we went to the rail which means right by the horses which was really cool. It was so exciting watching the horses run. Man they were fast! They finished running in almost a minute! I won on a couple of races including 1 TV race. I left the track with $26.50, and a great memory. I loved this experience and would love to go again. Here is all the pictures including my breakfast.