More random thoughts

This should be easy as most of my thoughts are pretty random

• Woke up to my third race morning and there's always something special about it . Not quite Christmas , just a feeling of excitement.
• Darn, still only 11 AM, I do more organizing in my office
• We have lunch at home and head out . We arrive at 12:30 and there's already lots of people at the track. It's the last racing day of the season plus it's beautiful out so everyone is coming out.
• I go watch her in the paddock . She looks like a pro , not as goofy as she looked  in her first race but feisty enough to show she means business.
• The favourite is #4 , not sure why as she's never run a race. NC is second favourite running as #5 . Apparently the trainer of #4 has been making lots of noise about his horse beating ours. We put his quotes up in NC's stall as motivation.
• I get in the wagering line up  and I hear people betting on #4, I snicker silently. 
• Mitch Bourbonniere is there with his son Joseph. Mitch is Maurice Bourbonniere's son . Maurice and my Dad were great friends and often went to the track together. I'm glad Mitch is here today.
• Co-owner Michel Simard tells me " I have a good feeling about the race"...I start worrying.
• As usual the race comes all too quickly and they're off. She breaks well but #4 breaks even better. I think I see #3 (blue) take the lead until my son Martin says that's NC, #5 (green) . As a Bomber fan you'd think I'd know the difference between blue and green, but for once I'm cheering green !
• They head into the turn and I can tell NC is not going to let up as she did in her first 2 races . They head into the stretch and I know she's got it. She wins with ease (almost 5 lengths) . I swear she could have run another mile .
• Hard to remember what happened next. Joc had run to the front while NC was coming down the stretch and then came running back to me for a hug. Sister-in-law Colette was just as excited as we were....maybe she bet a grand on NC ? Was great to walk to and enter the Winner's Circle. I've seen so many others do that before me. 
• We get our picture taken. Oh crap, I wanted Martin to join us in the circle, too much excitement ....la prochaine fois Martin.
• Joc and I wanted to go see NC but they had to hose her down and take her back to the barn for a vet check ( the horse...not Joc)  .You knew it was coming didn't you...
• I bet the next race and cash in a $245 quinella and then make $170 on a Win bet in the sixth. Horse racing seems so easy on certain days. And then there's most days...
• We have a couple of drinks at my sister's , then head to Cafe  22 for supper, where, once again, they have no pasta. 
• Rather sad to see the racing season end, what are we going to do with NC over the winter ?