After having the roof taken off the clubhouse and the track soaking in water for three weeks following Hurricane Katrina, horse racing returned to New Orleans on Thanksgiving Day 2006 to a packed house. Today was even more crowded.
As I waited to take this photo the bugler sounded the call for the next race and it was thrilling to hear that sound after a long 20 months of an empty race track. The last race held prior to yesterday was in April 2005.
It is one of those bright, glaring-light days not good for photography.