Horses are beautiful animals

Horses are beautiful animals, and I must thank my late uncle Don for taking me to Fort Erie and other tracks as a kid. Also, my parents took me to New Brunswick and PEI every summer, where my mom and dad are from respectively, and my father used to take me horseback riding too.

Uncle Don was more into the flats, but I loved horseracing in general from my very first exposure to it; even the math of the betting appealed to me as a kid and as a teen. A trip to the track and some outdoors time and it can make for some idyllic memories. As one wag once commented, "A bad day at the track is still better than a good day anywhere else ..."

I remember being able to pick one two-dollar bet per race card. That was more money back then than now, so when I take my kids to the North America Cup, I let them each pick three two-dollar bets, and we have a grand time. It's usually just me and my dad and a friend of his, plus either or both of Rebecca and Aaron, but the horses are the fastest in the world, the very cream of the 3-year-old pacing crop. The card is filled out with about 7 or 8 other stakes races, so if you've never been, I suggest you consider attending the 2008 Pepsi North America Cup.


Be good,

Joe


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