t was a beautiful summer afternoon in Thelsamar. The first of the series of races organized by the guild Talah Adore Al'Shar was about to begin, the TAA Druidic Triathlon. The contestants, Duzell and Carnelian, two night elves, were warming up in front of the small dwarven town.

At 2:00 pm, Miss Xala gave the signal to start the race. Both runners shapeshifted into bear form, and rushed to the top of the Stonewrought Dam, at the northern border of Loch Modan. Almost at the same time, both jumped into the Loch, and changed into Sea Lion form to swim all the way to the southern shore. Duzell started to lead the way, for just a few heads, and when they exited the water, without even a brief stop to dry a little bit, both druids changed into travel form, and rushed through the forests, heading to Ironforge.

Duzell crossed the Gates of Ironforge in the first place, thus winning the Gold Medal, followed by Carnelian, who received the Silver Medal, just a few seconds later. The winner declared: "I'm pretty good at running in travel form, I guess that was what gave me the victory in the end".

fter a few minutes to congratulate both contestants, Miss Xala walked to the Ironforge Bank, to organize the next race, The Lost Order Summer Stakes.

A large crowd started to gather around to watch the event, as the contestants lined up before Xala. Some people joined the race chart in the last moment, and all kinds of races and mounts participated.

This time, not everything went smoothly: in the first circle around the dwarven city, one of the contestants fell to the lava ring, though he wasn't injured; and another one got disqualified when left the track.

The crowd cheered as the mounts rushed across the inner ring of Ironforge, and a massive cheer exploded when the winners crossed the line: Lilyana (Gold Medal), Rhyye (Silver Medal) and Aicc (Bronze Medal).

he mounted race was enjoyed so much, that nobody wanted to miss the next one, the Dragonslayers Challenge Cup.

Miss Xala had a hard time organizing it, because of the massive amount of people who were standing around to watch the event.

The mighty mounts were worth to be seen: from holy warhorses to heavy mechanostriders, the sharp teeth of the nightsabers shining in the dim light, and the huge horns of the dwarven rams standing up above their riders.

This time, the wind created by the amazing speed of the contestants, as they started the race, almost threw to the ground some of the less weighed spectators.

Some say that the real winner of the race was Dr. Berdrin Stormspanner, who later declared: "I got 'em gloves, see, 'elp me tinker with the controls [of his mechanostrider] faster". But in the end, he got the Silver Medal, while Truepadi won the Golden one, and Miss Peacebloom received the Bronze.

After the end of the afternoon races, all the contestants were invited by Miss Xala to join a little party at the Throne Room, where King Bronzebeard himself congratulated the winners, and everybody enjoyed a great time together.

This event was sponsored by the following groups: Talah Adora Al'Shar, The Lost Order and Dragonslayers, and our thanks to all of them for their help in making "A Day at the Races" a so lovely experience for everyone!

(Read more about the evening races in the next page).