>In the same breath, BOY it was fun. I had a blast. Winter, Spring, >Summer, Fall, one long party. The racetrack life is a soap opera, social >fest and gala all rolled into one. I miss it. Wouldn't go back, just >miss the drama, the fun and the horses.
Absolutely! Wow, we have a lot in common. I was just in high school, worked there to get some experience with animals for when I applied to vet school (actually did go too, just ended up not being the right career for me...obviously!) and learned so much! My first job was a facility that not only did some racing, but also rehabilitation by swimming the horses. That was always fun...they knew where the exit from the pool was and my job was often trying to keep them from bolting out each time! And cleaning up whatever they left in the pool, ;-) I always loved the standardbreds, much easier to work with than thoroughbreds in general. Later I worked at a track and one of my favorite memories is traveling up to Pimlico for race days. One time we had our best horse in a stakes race, his first time racing on turf. I was with the local trainer and he thought it'd be neat for me to see my first stakes race from high up in the stands. Well, our horse won, and he goes "Hey, we have to be down there for the photo!" So we had to race all the way down the bleachers to get in the photo. 20 years later, I still have that photo. ;-) --- Mary Jo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:216387 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
