Molly and I went to Lexington this weekend to visit Cara, who seems to be doing brilliantly well at the midpoint of her first semester of her freshman year at the University of Kentucky. She’s working hard, fitting in, getting good grades, making friends and getting involved. I’m very happy for her, and pretty damned impressed (though not surprised.)
On a beautiful, sunstruck autumn Saturday afternoon, she took us to the famous Keeneland racetrack, which is a beautiful facility and a great place to watch horse races. Cara’s equine studies are turning her into a pretty good handicapper: out of the five races that we bet on, she picked four winners, and had she not succumbed to a fateful last second change of mind, would have run the slate. Ah, the benefits of a higher education! (Top, the pre-race parade in the paddock. Above, the scenes outside the track. Below, the Handicapper; my railbirds.)
