Hat Tips

Hello,

I know many of you will find this hard to believe, but once upon a time, far, far away, I was a jockey. Really! A real jockey.

Now that was not only many years ago, it was many pounds ago. Many, many pounds.

The reason I am bringing this up is I want you to be aware that horse racing is alive and well in North Dakota. Belcourt just finished their race meet, and the next two weekends the horses will be running at the North Dakota Horse Park in Fargo.

Now, I didn’t set out in life with a goal to be a jockey. But when I was young, I was the only young cowboy in our neck of the woods. And D...