Thursday
Beautiful day at the track. Sunny and not too hot. Gambling wise, meh.
Friday
Weather: Continues to be beautiful
Gambling: Blah.
Dinner: Partook of the Marriott Residence Inn happy hour for my dinner.
Who remembers Secretariat? Probably everyone. He was ridden by jockey Ron Turcotte who was later disabled in a riding accident. He’s still around.
Saturday
Weather: A front was due through but it came in the early AM with some showers, but it was sunny by 9:00 AM. HUGE crowd at the track.
Gambling: OK
Dinner: Last pizza of the trip – Margherita – very nice
Mike Shea (the brother of my late great friend Alice) and his wife Rosemary were in town for the weekend. This week is Mike’s 70th birthday. So his entire family showed up for a surprise celebration: sister Kathy, brother Paul with wife Mary, brother Fred, son Stephen with his oldest son (8 y.o.), Fred’s son Ricky, and maybe one or two I missed. It was great seeing them all again. Many Alice stories were told and retold. Stephen, by the way, is chairman of the Mathematics Department at St Anselm’s College and has written highly regarded books about basketball analytics.
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Sunday
It is now Sunday morning. Weather looks perfect.
Fabulous picture with Ron Turcotte, so enjoyed the Secretariat days, can still remember my Dad, hooping and hollering as they, no he….came down the stretch!!! What a champion!