Kentucky Derby Celebration

April 28, 2013

Dear Readers,
    
    The Kentucky Derby is almost here and I have been invited to the join in the big party being held at the Pleasanton racetrack's simulcast wagering facility on the Alameda County Fairgrounds. The following press release was issued:

April 23, 2013

Contact: Angel Moore                                                                 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Telephone: (925) 426-7511

Email: amoore@alamedacountyfair.com

 

ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR CELEBRATES LOCAL DERBY HERO 

Bay Area Author Featured in Celebration 

                Pleasanton, CA, May 4―Author Shelley Riley will sign copies of her new memoir at the Pleasanton racetrack's simulcast wagering facility on the Alameda County Fairgrounds from Noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday (May 4) prior to the running of the Kentucky Derby.   

                Riley's memoir, CASUAL LIES - A TRIPLE CROWN ADVENTURE, chronicles the racing career of the stakes-winning colt who began his training at the Pleasanton racetrack and gained international attention for his performance in the 1992 Kentucky Derby.  

                Owned and trained by Riley, Casual Lies won the Grade III El Camino Real Stakes, Foster City Mile, and Sausalito Stakes while stabled in Pleasanton. After a third-place finish in the Grade I Santa Anita Derby, Shelley’s team flew to Louisville to take part in the Kentucky Derby and eventually all three legs of Thoroughbred horse racing’s Triple Crown. 

                In 1992, Northern California native Shelley Riley became only the sixth woman to saddle a horse in the 118-year history of the Kentucky Derby and, with Casual Lies running second, made history as the female trainer with the best finish in this prestigious event, a record that still stands. Shelley and Casual Lies went on to a third-place finish in the Preakness Stakes in Maryland and completed the Triple Crown with a 5^th in the Belmont Stakes in New York. Shelley was the first female trainer to compete in all three Triple Crown races.   

                The Pleasanton racetrack's simulcast wagering facility opens at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday (May 4) and features racing from Hollywood Park as well as other out-of-state racetracks.  Post time for the Kentucky Derby is approximately 3:15 p.m. (PST).  For more information, contact the Alameda County Fair at (925) 426-7622.     

 

       

    Any of you that live in the area, please come by and give me a shout out, I would love to meet you in person. I will have a few books there for sale and of course I will be signing books. So if you have already bought your copy and want it signed be sure and bring it with you.

   At the time of this writing, there is another event in the works for a pre-Derby celebration in Downtown Pleasanton at the Towne Center Books. When I learn more about this event I will share the information with all of you.

    Things are heating up in the Triple Crown Season and it looks like its going to be a good one. Please share with your friends if you have read the book and like it. I am also here to answer any questions you may have.

Take care,
Shelley Riley