Several of my email subscribers have contacted me and informed me that they are not receiving my blog post so I am sending this post as a test to see if I receive the post. Since I’m taking the time to interrupt your busy schedules, I thought I might add some interesting facts about the Kentucky Derby and the history behind the fabulous hats worn by the ladies who attend. The hats here were worn by ladies who recently attended an afternoon tea I helped organize to raise funds for a scholarship for a college bound student.

Why Do People Wear Hats to the Kentucky Derby?

By Jane Gosford, eHow Contributor

With glamorous clothes on constant display at the Ascot Racecourse in England, a link soon developed between high fashion and horse racing. The tradition jumped the pond and both elegant clothes and hats were on hand at the inaugural Kentucky Derby more than 100 years ago. When hats faded from the public’s everyday wardrobe, it seemed to increase the lavish nature of Derby Day hats. Wearing a hat only once a year made the occasion particularly special and extravagant results soon followed.