Another Festival event, Pass the wine

On Tuesday it was time for Run for the Rose. The last several years it has been held at the baseball stadium for the Bats (formerly known as River Bats)






















Basically each participant (which is a waiter or waitress from a local establishment) is given a serving tray, six plastic glasses (or was that five), a bottle of wine and a cork screw. Different celebrity starters fire off the starter pistol after the classic call to post tune.

At that point all the participants for that heat uncork their wine, fill their glasses and then make their way around the obstacle corse to the finish line. The object is to keep as much wine in the glasses as possible and make it around as quickly as possible. If you do not keep at least six ounces of wine you are disqualified.

When you cross the finish line you take you tray to a judges station and empty your wine into a container (which you get to keep) to see how many ounces of wine is left. So what is the payoff besides the wine? Second and third prizes get a small check. First prize is a trip.

Oh I forgot a couple of additional things. The men and the women compete separately. Also there are corporate relay races where teams of like minded people such as Lawyers or Media people hand the tray off to team members as they make their way around the course. I think all they win is bragging rites.

The table set up for the start of the race.












One celebrity starter.












The Kentucky Derby Festival Queens were a celebrity starter for one of the races. Interesting technique.










Time to uncork.












A better veiw of uncorking.


















One of the waitresses makes her way around the course.











This is at the end at the jusging stations.












And finally the booty. Not bad amount of wine left.











I took pictures of this lady from uncorking to finish. In the end she took second.











OK, one more "crowd" picture. This lady was having way to much fun.

















Next, if my Internet connection will allow it, Dawn at the Downs where we sit at the rail and watch the horses work out at Churchill Downs.