Now THAT was a Horse Race!

I'm not a follower of horse racing, but I do try to catch the Kentucky Derby every year. Yesterday was no exception and I sure am glad I watched - it was one of the most exciting Derbies I've ever seen.

I started the morning by baking a Kentucky Derby pie - the real kind with walnuts, not the permutation with pecans. (Recipe at the end of the post.)

My six piece collection of Derby glasses (each from the birth years of my kids) was out along with a lovely bouquet of tulips that Curt gave me for Mother's Day. (I had had a bowl of rose petals on that table, but those tulips were just too gorgeous to not put there!)

Another bowl of rose petals plus my vintage Kentucky Derby salt and pepper shakers were on the dining room table.

And the kitchen table had a Derby table runner and another bowl of rose petals, too.

As always, my Breyer porcelain Refrigerator with Kip Dideriksen up graced the antique player piano.

Coverage of the Derby began earlier in the day, but I didn't tune in until after 5:00. 

What a race! I don't think Epicenter and Zandon's jockeys even knew that Rich Strike was coming up on them and the announcer doesn't even mention him until just before they cross the finish line!

Attention now turns to the Preakness in two weeks and no doubt many more people will be tuning in to see if Rich Strike can do it again. (I sure will be!)

And let's hope that for the Preakness, they give his poor pony a shield like some of the other ponies had.

Kentucky Derby Pie

1 9" pie crust

1 cup melted butter

1/2 cup  granulated sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup flour

1 cup chocolate chips

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Cream butter and sugars, then mix in eggs, vanilla, and flour and beat well. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts and pour into a 9" pie crust. Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes. (The middle of the pie should still be slightly jiggly when done.) Note: The recipe calls for 2 tablespoons of bourbon but I don't drink so I left that out.