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Growing up my dad would always take my brother and me to Canterbury Park, the horse track here in Minnesota. We always had a blast and I then continued to go frequently with my friends. Growing up at the track I would never have guessed in a million years that I would one day be standing in the winner's circle!

J's mom and step-dad live about and hour and a half north of the cities in Milaca, MN. They have a great house on a huge property. They own four horses, two really fat goats (I mean really fat), two German Shepards, and a promiscuous barn cat (when I say promiscuous I mean pro-mis-cuous....she's had three litters in the past year!) One of their horses, Dr. Corona (don't you LOVE the name?) is a race horse at Canterbury! This summer is his third summer racing, and last year he got his first WIN!!!

Dr. Corona right after he won his first race!!!

Me and J with his parents IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE! The tall boy behind me is my little brother! He comes to a lot of Corona's races and I was super excited he was there for the win and could come in the circle with us!

Even though I grew up going to the track I have always been afraid of horses. I have never ridden one. They are so massive and so strong, they could kill you without even trying. And, after the Christopher Reeves incident I vowed to never get on a horse. It may be hard to keep this vow considering who my boyfriend and his parents are....but I've made it this long. Two years ago on Thanksgiving after many adult beverages I was pretty much forced to go out to the barn and see the horses. Before I knew it I was in the pen with Dr. Corona...the biggest horse ever!

Now that I got over my fear...I love him! I love watching him race and it's such a fun activity we get to do with J's parents. His first race this season he got 4th place but had his best time to date and last weekend he came in 5th and ran a not-so-good race. We found out after that he has a cold that has been going around the stable so he wasn't breathing well during the race. He's on some antibiotics and is set to race again tonight! Cross your fingers and hopefully I will have another winner circle picture for you on Monday!

Also, just briefly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the American public and the judges of So You Think You Can Dance for giving Cristina the boot! I couldn't take her massively large braces for one more minute. Now if we could all just will the same fate to Melinda 'Hot Pants' Sullivan. Thank you.

And one last thing....