Day at the races

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After an early morning 10-mile run we headed out to Montmouth Park, NJ for a day at the races with Jim, Robyn, their daughter Stephanie and her friend Hannah. The 37th running of the $1 Million Haskell is a huge family event with lots to see and do. Pony rides, sand castles, and, of course, horse racing. My one and only $3 bet for the day turned out to be a winner - Lion Heart led the pack the entire course to earn me $7.80 in winnings ;-) Trivia for the day: Courtesy of Robyn from their recent trip to Mexico. Most historians believe that Caesar salad honors restaurateur Caesar Cardini, who invented it in Tijuana, Mexico in 1924 on the Fourth of July weekend. It is said that on this busy weekend, Cardini was running low on food and he put together a salad for his guests from what was left over in the kitchen. The original salad was prepared at tableside.