KG 1 (Nov 1998) Melbourne Cup (Sydney, Canberra, Albury, Melbourne)

KG 2 (Oct 1999) Breeders Cup Gulfstream Park (Maury Wolff joines as a full time KG but didn't hit the P6)

KG 3 (May 2000) Kentucky Derby in Las Vegas  (Maury gets us great rooms/rates at the Orleans and agrees to ride the coaster at NY NY)

KG 4 (Aug 2001) Longacres Mile Emerald Downs (Vancouver & Seattle) (Hit of the trip was poetry with Murray vs. Steve Roxborough in Anacortes, WA)

      Mini KG event (May 2002) - Roxy & Maury Wolff (below) host us at the Preakness where we rub elbows with McChump, Jay Privman, Andy Beyer, Dick Gerardi and the Sinisi Brothers.  See:  www.mcchump.com and click on 2002.

KG 5 (Nov 2002) Melbourne Cup watched at Canberra (Sydney, Canberra, Noosa). We visited Noosa, a popular seaside resort in Queensland after Sydney & Canberra where we had a place on the beach, kayaking, Koala's in a National Park a mile away, numerous sidewalk cafes, camel rides on the beach and a race book on the beach for the die hards.

KG 6 (Aug 2003) Humboldt County Marathon @ Ferndale (Del Mar, SF, Ferndale) Probably the warmest welcome the KGs will ever have. See winners circle photo (220y Mule race) under "Humboldt County Fair" section.  This is a great 2 week race meeting with all the fair food you can imagine available between races.

KG 7 - June 2005 After a year off to freshen up we headed to England, Scotland and Ireland to see racing at York, the sights at Edinburgh, Belfast, Athlone, Dublin and the Irish Derby at the Curragh.  Many photos from the trip are posted and the trip was a great success.  The weather in Scotland and Ireland was not to be believed: only 1.5 days of rain out of 9 days!  In the "truth is stranger than fiction" category, Jay Privman joined us in Athlone and on his way to Dublin and one day later he received a call from ESPN asking if he could cover the Irish Derby due to the illness of another broadcaster - and they had no idea he was in Ireland!  Bet that paid for Jay's U2 tickets the night following the Derby.

KG 8 - In March 2008 we are headed to Cheltenham in March for what some consider the best 4 day racing festival on the planet.  We know the UK will offer more wagers and beer in 4 days than is healthy so off we go. Some of the group is even heading to the Dubai World Cup races a couple of weeks later in the UAE. I'll have to admit this trip gets more interesting the more I talk with people who have been and are going back but beware - 55 degrees with a light wind will be a "great day" in terms of the weather. www.cheltenham.co.uk