Handful of girls outside the owners enclosure
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Boys at Abba Tribute Concert
A whole group of us lovely young ladies went to Lingfield Park yesterday to a) celebrate Tracey's birthday and b) it was her hen-do. Yep, she's the one getting married in Greece in a few weeks time.
Well, having not looked at horses since the age of eight when my dad insisted I had tremendous talent for spotting a winner, we got to the Racecourse, rearing to go. Bought my own little racecard for the day and immediately set about choosing a handful of horses for the Placepot.
Off I went to the Tote window to place my bet, thinking it will come to around ten quid, but because the woman didn't correct me/help me, like an elderly gentleman did with my friends Dianne and Eileen, my total bet came to £24 and theirs came to £6. (place incremental bets of 25p and not 50p when you do placepots!).
Anyway. I stood a good chance to win...and by the gods, I almost did. All the horses I choose came in place, up to the first three places, that is, except for my horse in the fifth race, who came fourth...so bitterly close. I very nearly took home around £500 quid or so. But it was not to be. Tsk.
But, it was still a fantastic day out and the Abba tribute the concert was good fun. I would like to add here that most of the people who were at the Abba concert were men. Like the pictures testify. Also, I apologise for inflicting a random stag-do on you - apparently the boy Steve had no choice when made to don the Borat outfit.
"Groom" Steve in Borat Costume
"Groom" Steve dancing with "The Bride to Be" (any my friend) Tracey
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