Sober n opened it last November and began running horses in the pre-season. There are big plans here to turn it into Mexico City's premier sports-betting headquarters. A convention center is also in the works, and I imagine middle-aged men from the plastics industry, from places like Wisconsin and Idaho, converging here some day to eat nachos and swill Coronas and hide from their wives the longing glances at young Mexican se oritas . No, this is not a place of degradation and immorality. It's a safe place to bring children and see horsies run around in circles.
People line up to place bets for the third race.
We get beers all around. The first column shows the previous races the horse ran and how it placed. Here you can see how long the previous races were. Now the odds change as people place bets. I decide that the best betting strategy is to pick my favorite names.