Cheers to the #Preakness with our famous #Black-eyed Susan recipe!

Cheers to the Preakness with Black-eyed Susan

The Race Programmer says you’re in for an exciting time if you’re running in the Peakness virtual horse races this weekend. He’s so excited about the Preakness that he can barely contain his Mint Julep in one hand and his Black-Eyed Susan in the other. 

The Preakness, hosted at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland is the second leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. If the Preakness Stakes winner has also won the preceding Kentucky Derby, it is considered predicative of the Belmont Stakes winner; which completes the three legs of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. The winning trainer is presented with a replica of the Woodlawn Vase (the original trophy is displayed on the day but stored in a museum) and their stable colors are immediately painted onto a horse & jockey weather-vane displayed on the track. The horse is decorated with a horseshoe of Black-eyed Susans. 

Before you get the wrong idea about Black-eyed Susan, she’s nothing like Cross-eyed Candy, an acquaintance of the Race Programmer who he is said to be very fond of, but the celebratory cocktail that the Race Programmer is equally fond of. The Race Programmer likes to make it with vodka, rum and triple sec (one generous cup of each) added to 4 cups of orange juice and 4 cups of pineapple juice with the juice of one lime. He’s never been too specific about the details because he says he wants people to drink it, not write books about it. It’s best served cold but if you think it’s too much of a hassle to serve it in an ice bowl you can just throw in some ice cubes which he says work like a charm! 

The Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) that inspired the cocktail is the designated state flower of Maryland which makes the horseshoe used to decorate the winning horse. Some confusion if the “race for the Black-eyed Susan” is referencing the horseshoe or the cocktail lounge. Either way, the Race Programmer hopes you rush into the Preakness with a Black-eyed Susan because he’s sponsoring them with £315.00. 

There are two Prive races which have been sponsored with £126.00 each and a lucky draw for all runners, which will be paid accordingly: 

£37.80 G1 Winner: 
£15.75 G2 Winner: 
£9.45 G3 Winner: 

(Prizes will be paid on Tuesday, 22nd May 2012.) 

Enter your Prive races here: 
Prive Preakness C Division 3Y C - Gr 1
Prive Preakness C Division 3Y F - Gr 1

Cheers to your races and your Black-eyed Susans!
The RaceClubs.com Team

Posted via email from Raceclubs.com