There were eight races and for each race we used a highly scientific method of choosing our preferred name of horse or name of trainer or name of rider or colour of silks or colour of horse or preferred odds to place a $3-5 bet for a horse to be placed (come first or second). Richard won a couple of the races and so made a bit of money. I won none of the races, but I came second in four of them and so finished the evening with $46 having bet $24. Obviously reading all those Dick Francis novels has finally paid off. It was great fun, and many thanks to John and Sonja for taking us along.
Wednesday 5 August 2009
Horse Racing...
A couple of weeks ago, our neighbours John and Sonja took us out for an evening at the races. Edmonton has a dirt racetrack fairly near the city centre, and you can have a nice meal in the restaurant while watching the racing.
There were eight races and for each race we used a highly scientific method of choosing our preferred name of horse or name of trainer or name of rider or colour of silks or colour of horse or preferred odds to place a $3-5 bet for a horse to be placed (come first or second). Richard won a couple of the races and so made a bit of money. I won none of the races, but I came second in four of them and so finished the evening with $46 having bet $24. Obviously reading all those Dick Francis novels has finally paid off. It was great fun, and many thanks to John and Sonja for taking us along.
There were eight races and for each race we used a highly scientific method of choosing our preferred name of horse or name of trainer or name of rider or colour of silks or colour of horse or preferred odds to place a $3-5 bet for a horse to be placed (come first or second). Richard won a couple of the races and so made a bit of money. I won none of the races, but I came second in four of them and so finished the evening with $46 having bet $24. Obviously reading all those Dick Francis novels has finally paid off. It was great fun, and many thanks to John and Sonja for taking us along.
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