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Geez, casinos are pretty sensitive about folks taking pictures of slot machines. But, I swear, the guy at the front when we checked in told me that I just had to avoid taking pictures of the security cameras and the gamblers.
Where slots form has a direct correlation with the hardness of the surrounding rock. Narrow canyons form where water cuts through harder rock layers.
I love the striped sandstone of Zebra Slot. This is one of many spots we'll visit on our upcoming Escalante Workshop in May. Utah photographer Dustin LeFevre and I will be leading the workshop. Get more details here:
Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, Denmark
Camera: Zenza Bronica S2a
Lens: Nikkor-P 75mm 1:2.8
Exposure: 1/4" @ F/8
Film: Fomapan 100 Classic home developed in D-76 1+1
On the front (west) side of Dance Hall Rock, a groove runs for about 20 feet. It's a foot or two deep. It looks like it would be a fun slot canyon if you were six inches tall. Fractal.
Looking down at a small part from above.
Gulfstream Park is a racetrack and county-approved casino in Hallandale Beach, Florida. During its annual meet, which spans December through October, it is one of the most important venues for horse racing in the United States.
Gulfstream Park was opened on Wednesday February 1, 1939 conducting a four-day meeting. The initial meeting had a crowd of 18,000. In 1944, the track was reopened by James Donn, Sr. for a 20-day meeting in December. The Gulfstream Park Handicap was first run in 1946 and the Florida Derby began in 1952. In that year the clubhouse was built and the Grandstand seating was expanded.
In 1952 the clubhouse was erected and a new addition was put on the grandstand. It also marked the first running of the Florida Derby. The following year, the Florida Derby became the first stakes in Florida with a $100,000 purse.
The 1955 Kentucky Derby winner and Horse of the Year Swaps set a then world-record of 1:39 3/5 for a mile and 70 yards while carrying 130 pounds in the Broward Handicap. The following year was just as exciting at Gulfstream when Gen. Duke equaled the world record of 1:46 4/5 in defeating Bold Ruler in the Florida Derby.
In 1959, a new era at Gulfstream began with the opening of its world-acclaimed turf course. In 1961, James Donn Jr. became president of Gulfstream. It also marked the construction of what was then the world's largest tote board.
Following the death of his father, James Donn Jr., Doug Donn was elected Gulfstream Park's president.
In 1961, James Donn Jr. succeeded his father as president of Gulfstream Park. In this year the Clubhouse was enlarged and the then-world's largest totalisator board was installed in the infield. A big break for Gulfstream Park came in 1972, when the track was awarded "middle dates" for a 40-day January through April meet.
In 1980, Hall of Fame rider Angel Cordero Jr. set a meeting record with 60 winners.
In 1982, the Grandstand was renovated with new architecture and in 1984 the renovation of the clubhouse was completed. In 1986, the renovation of the track was completed with the new Gulfdome, a domed dining terrace. In 1989 Gulfstream Park hosted the Breeders Cup for the first time (which it did again in 1992 and 1999).
Gulfstream played host its first Breeders' Cup World Championships in 1989, highlighted by the Classic match-up between Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Sunday Silence and Belmont Stakes winner Easy Goer. Gulfstream would host the Breeders' Cup again in 1992.
In 1990, the track was purchased by Bertram R. Firestone.
Jockey Julie Krone took the jockey's title in 1993 with 98 winners. In 1994, Holy Bull won the Florida Derby while, in 1995, Cigar won the Donn Handicap and Gulfstream Park Handicap on his way to a perfect season. Meanwhile, '95 Florida Derby winner Thunder Gulch would go on to win the Kentucky Derby. Monarchos would repeat Thunder Gulch's feat in 2001.
In 1994, a half interest in the track was sold to Nigashi Nihon.
The track was purchased by Magna Entertainment Corporation, in 1999 for $95 million. In 2010, the ownership of the track was taken over by Magna parent MI Developments Inc. (MID). The track is currently owned by The Stronach Group since July 3, 2011.
Hal's Hope, winner of the 2000 Florida Derby, would return in 2002 to win the Gulfstream Park Handicap. The 2002 season was also highlighted by the first running of the popular Sunshine Millions, pitting Florida-breds vs. California-breds for purses totaling $3.6 million. Palm Meadows, Gulfstream's state-of-the-art training facility in Palm Beach County, was opened on Nov. 29, 2002.
Trainer Todd Pletcher started his unprecedented run of nine consecutive training titles in 2004.
The track began a $130 million renovation of the grandstand and clubhouse in 2004 and slot machines were approved for the track in 2004. It now hosts all of the races in the series of races known as the Sunshine Millions. The series now consists of the:
Sunshine Millions Classic
Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes
Sunshine Millions Distaff
Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf
Sunshine Millions Sprint
In 2006, Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey rode his last race aboard Silver Tree in the Sunshine Millions and the great Barbaro would win the Florida Derby before making headlines with his victory in the Kentucky Derby.
The renovation, first effective for the 2006 spring meeting, was heavily criticized by racegoers and commentators, who felt that the new racino laid its emphasis entirely on the casino part, destroying the racetrack's atmosphere.
In June, 2011, Tim Ritvo was named President and General Manager of Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino. He was a prominent jockey and racing official at Suffolk Downs in the 1980s before establishing himself in the 1990s as a leading Florida trainer. Ritvo has also served as Vice President and Director of the Florida Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association.
In April, 2012, Javier Castellano, who collected his first Gulfstream title by riding a record 112 winners, scored his 3000th career success aboard Virtuously on Feb. 24 and Todd Pletcher, who claimed an unprecedented ninth consecutive training title at Gulfstream with 72 trips to the winner's circle, recorded his 3,000 career victory when he saddled Spring Hill Farm for a winning performance on Feb. 11.
In 2012, Stronach Group named Tim Ritvo, Chief Operating Officer of its Racing Division.
March 2, 2020 Tim Ritvo stepped down as COO of Stronach Group operated tracks, which include the troubled Santa Anita racetrack in California. He left to “pursue other opportunities.”
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfstream_Park
www.gulfstreampark.com/shopping
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Vallø - Vallø Slot
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Poco più a sud di Køge abbiamo attraversato una zona verdeggiante, fino a raggiungere un boschetto da fiaba che nasconde un castello col suo fossato. Il castello è abitato da vecchie signore di sangue blu, come tradizione vuole da secoli! Il parco è aperto al pubblico, per cui è permesso passeggiare tra imponenti alberi e prati verdi, punteggiati da marroni foglie a ricordare la prossimità dell'autunno. Sono rimasta ammaliata dalla magia di questi alberi e ricordo i pochi minuti trascorsi nel parco come tra i più belli della vacanza..
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A little further south of Køge we crossed a green area, until we reached a fairytale grove that hides a castle with its moat. The castle is inhabited by old ladies of blue blood, as tradition has it for centuries! The park is open to the public, so it is allowed to walk among imposing trees and green meadows, dotted with brown leaves to remind you of the proximity of autumn. I was enchanted by the magic of these trees and I remember the few minutes spent in the park as one of the most beautiful of the holiday..
A visitor to Upper Antelope Slot Canyon pauses to gaze upwards to the light from above, taking in the beauty of nature's artistry. Moments of solitude like this could still be found despite the number of people visiting each day. To the Navajo people, this is a sacred place, and visiting it feels very much like visiting a cathedral.
We sneaked down a side canyon because there were only three of us to check out one of the parts of Red Rock Canyon that didn't get much traffic.
Slot canyons along the Spooky Gulch Trail in Grand Staircase Escalante, Utah. At one point, the slots were barely two feet wide. The light above barely shining through made it very spooky indeed, but, the tightness was no worries for us.
Slot canyons are formed by rushing water, which in turn erode the rock/stone away. About a week before we were here, flash floods ripped through Escalante. These canyons have been formed over time, tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of years. Our time here was just but a word on a page of a book with millions of chapters.
Kasteel Buitenplaats
Loevestein 1 - 5307 TG Poederoijen
(gemeente Zaltbommel) - Gelderland
Rijksmonument nummer: 10081
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Loevestein is een kasteel en fort, dat valt onder de gemeente Zaltbommel, en even ten noordwesten van het dorp Poederoijen is gelegen aan het einde van de Schouwendijk in de uiterwaarden van de Waal en de Afgedamde Maas.
Ridder Dirc Loef van Horne gaf rond 1357 opdracht tot de bouw van het kasteel. Hij gebruikte het als woonhuis, van waaruit hij rooftochten kon houden en illegale tol kon heffen. Na hem kwam het slot in handen van de heer van Holland en werd het gebruikt als verdedigingswerk tegen andere feodale heren. In het begin van de Tachtigjarige Oorlog, toen het kasteel was bezet door Spanjaarden, werd het in opdracht van Willem van Oranje eenvoudig ingenomen door de geuzenleider Herman de Ruyter. De Spanjaarden veroverden het nog één keer terug, maar daarna bleef het Staats bezit. Tot na de Belgische Revolutie deed het kasteel dienst als staatsgevangenis, met als bekendste gevangene Hugo de Groot, die na twee jaar kon vluchten met behulp van een boekenkist. In Staatse handen kreeg het moderne verdedigingswerken en werd het als fort onderdeel van de Oude en de latere Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie. De militaire functie werd in 1951 opgeheven. Van 1925 tot 1986 werd het complex gerestaureerd; momenteel doet het dienst als rijksmuseum en heeft het de status van rijksmonument.
Tekst: Wikipedia.