Racing fan heaven

[shanahan]

As luck would have it, I get to spend a horse player\'s holiday around work starting on the 24th of July at SAR through Aug 2nd.  Birds on the Bat host the Red Sox in STL from the 5th-7th to break up the trip out West, then Del Mar from the 8th through the 17th...that\'s a lot of Thoroquick.  how about a discount?  Just kidding...I think.

[drbillym]

Shanni, Nuttin better than combining work and horseplaying!  My heaven was when I was sent by the US Army on a 2 week trip to inspect various food plants in England, Scotland and Wales.  I got my William Hill racing calendar to find out where the races were each day and matched them up with where my inspections were.  Did my work from 6am to noon and then hit the races.  In Scotland, where there is no live racing, I went to the bookie shops, which had only radio(this is 30 years ago).  I never knew where my horse was cuz I couldnøt understand the accent!.  Well, all I did was bet on Cauthen and actually made a few bucks to pay for steak and kidney pie!