Breakfast at Canterbury

Photo by Melissa

Bill and Cindy met us for breakfast this morning at our usual table in the Card Room at the racetrack. Stan and Bill have been out for lunch before, but this was our first chance to get to know Cindy, a Michigan gal who has lived all over the country, raising two kids with Bill in California, becoming a Colts fan in Baltimore, enjoying the scenery near the Bitter Root in Montana and spending a couple years in northern Minnesota.
They are now Eden Prairie residents so we explained how they'll have to get used to winning just about every high school football game their new home team ever plays.
Bill is the new boss at Southwest Newspapers, taking Stan's old job.
After Melissa served up our ham and eggs, we adjourned upstairs to the Race Book to enter our NFL perfect picks (see below) and take a run at the Second Race at the Belmont. Kathleen showed Cindy how to bet on a horse, meanwhile looking over Donny Kieger's shoulder for a tip on her Exacta Box. Cindy and Bill's horses didn't cooperate with the beginner's luck rule, but Kathleen's $4 became $30 when Balderdash and Forever Utopia combined in a thrilling finish.

St. Paul Katie with her winning ticket and her
 coach and mentor, St. Paul's Don Kieger.

We're feeling lucky today, we have new friends and good times. Let's see if our luck holds out, here's St. Paul Katie's NFL winners... her chance at winning $2000 more today.

Update -- Batting 500
Atlanta (correct)
Cincinnati (correct)
Miami (missed by two points)
San Diego (correct)
New England (missed in overtime)
Philadelphia (missed this one too)
Washington (correct)
St. Louis (missed)

Balderdash and Forever Utopia finished together
at Belmont Park to pay $30.20 for an Exacta Box.