Hungry work, this handicapping

Don and Burt. Don loves his horses, "This is as close to heaven as I can get," he says, looking around.
"Yeah," quipped a companion. "Is that because you're on the third floor?"

Our favorites at Canterbury Park report having a very good week, betting the nation's horse tracks from their comfortable reserved table in the Third Floor Race Book. Donnie hit some big races last week and was in an unusually ebullient mood today, along with his wing man. Burt, who delivered their working man's breakfast today, enthusiastically confirmed that Don had indeed excelled in his labors.
Don was philosophical:
"Yes, the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away. And as a matter of fact, yesterday the Lord was a little short . . . so I had to giveth some back."
Surprisingly, Don and Burt don't do March Madness brackets, although they have plenty of opinions and are quite knowledgeable about the various college basketball teams. "I am not a gambler," Don says with a straight face. "I am an investor."