First day at Santa Anita

An 80-1 shot won the 4th race at Santa Anita yesterday. I picture my granddad having a ticket on the horse. He always played the long shots, usually lost, but he had a ticket on the gray horse Miche that beat the great Citation by a  nose (giving up a ton of weight). It was the highlight of his betting career, I think. Later I named a gray cat Miche, ended up giving it to friends in L.A. when we moved east after grad school, and they gave her a great home until she passed away. They still talk about Miche.