Virginia Gold Cup

This weekend my friends and I attended the Virginia Gold Cup Races. I was a first timer, and I think it's as close as you can get to the Kentucky Derby without actually being at the Kentucky Derby. My overall impression was that it was like Woodstock for prepsters -- I don't know a better way to describe it -- a bunch of people in a large, open field with crazy hats, pastel colors, mint juleps and burbon hotdogs. I was sold instantly.

{We thought a picture with the horse mask was absolutely necessary, as creepy as it is}