Yesterday Michele's coworker Brian and his wife Jamie were kind enough to invite us to accompany them to Canterbury Park for a family day of horse racing. Along with their two daughters Natalie and Lauren, two of the girls' friends came along to. Paul's sister Diane met us there.
It was an exciting afternoon of horse racing. In the first race, #2 "Gratuity" won in a photo-finish. Diane seemed like she might have a gambling problem -- after all three of her horses placed she was ready to gamble more and more.
Sammy of course, enjoyed the horses, being around the girls, and the general excitement. But at one point he turned to us, held up his hands palms ups and asked, "Where are the cowboys?"
Canterbury Park...
Here's where they saddle up the horses...
...Diane's winning method was to watch the horses at this spot...
...identify the the most spirited...
...then plug that into a complex calculus of statistics, probability, psychological profiling, and weather modeling...
...Diane's winning method was to watch the horses at this spot...
...identify the the most spirited...
...then plug that into a complex calculus of statistics, probability, psychological profiling, and weather modeling...
One of the horses...
...we think it was the pre-victorious #2 named "Gratuity"...
...we think it was the pre-victorious #2 named "Gratuity"...
Brian enables Diane's gambling addiction...
One man does a single-man "wave"...
...in tribute as #2 "Gratuity" does a victory lap...
...in tribute as #2 "Gratuity" does a victory lap...
Diane and Brian excited over their wins...
Sammy with a gaggle of girls gazing at group of (soon-to-be) galloping geldings...
Sammy and his Mommy...
Por una Cabeza (you might remember the dance scene from "Scent of a Woman"), has lyrics which talk about a compulsive horse-track gambler who compares his addiction for the horses with his attraction to women.
