San Diego/Del Mar Day Trip

This past Sunday I (Brian) swung through Palm Desert and picked up Prels and set out to San Diego for a day at Del Mar Racetrack and dinner at the world famous Blue Water Fish Market & Grill.

Had lunch at a Chinese place down the road from Del Mar. This was in my fortune cookie:

Would it prove to be prophetic? (Spoiler: No. Absolutely not.)

The Track was amazing though:

The main event of the day was undoubtedly, the Clement Hirsch Stakes with undefeated Zenyatta going for 12 in a row.

Despite going 6 wide the whole way and being about 9 lengths back entering the stretch, she came all the way back to win by a nose.

A rough day at the track was made worse when my selection in the 10th race broke down and had to be put down on the track (the seventh in 3 weeks over the supposedly "safer" artificial surface that has ruined California racing).

After the races, we hit up the Blue Water in San Diego. Line was about 20 deep, despite it being about 8:00 on a Sunday evening. I had the calamari app. and the Blackened Black Sea Bass sandwich. The food was phenominal.