The Galway Races with Private Chauffeur

Sheila and Jessie at the Galway Races.

Watching their horse stride past the winning post in front.

A shot from the parade ring before the race.

Celebrating their big win. I refused to appear in this photo as they had beaten my horse by a short head. The thanks i get...and after all i did for them.

I think today was a day that Sheila and Jessie will never forget. Actually, Sheila remarked afterwards on our way home from the races that she had thought that yesterday was wonderful, but today was even better. Well it was better for them .....but then they beat my poor horse by the narrowest of margins in a fighting finish to the line. I am not a poor loser but a guy can only take so much. Now i have to spend the next few days with them listening to them talking about their brilliant winner at Galway. Well, i suppose it is all in a days work for a chauffeur. I know that i can take some credit for getting them to the races in the first place or they would never have been there to pick that winner.
Behind all of that, we did have a great day, and there is no better place to enjoy racing at its best than at Galway. The crowds were fantastic and the weather was perfect...not too hot, and with plenty of sunshine. The racing was brilliant and i suppose it was only fair that the girls got their winner as i had the winner of the first race when their poor old horse was brought down by another horse who fell in front of theirs. It is not easy to pick a winner in Galway as the numbers of horses in each race are always large with over twenty runners in some of the races. I think that the ladies thought it was a piece of cake and will more than likely go professional now expecting to make huge amounts of money from their future gambling. They were most impressed by the wonderful fashion on display with all of the ladies out in their colorful dresses and hats, and the men dressed in lovely suits and ties. I myself was surprised at the number of young men and teenagers in suits. They did look well. Yes....behind it all i had a great day.
Tomorrow we head for Connemara. This is the region made famous in the movie "The Quiet Man" which starred John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. If you have not seen this movie go and get it from your video store. It is truly a magical land and i know that tomorrow the ladies are in for another treat.
For those of you following their adventure back home in the USA, they send their love with that famous message we all send when we are having a great time...."Wish you were here"

Catch you again very soon.