RandBall: It's better to be lucky than good with winning Canterbury ticket

Here's my updated strategy for winning at the horse track (which had never happened before in any significant way before Saturday at Canterbury Park):

• Make a random trifecta box bet on a race in which I have no knowledge or insight. Ignore every bit of advice in the race program.

• Include a longshot in the trifecta bet because my dad picked the long shot to win in a separate bet — and he picked that horse solely because he liked the horse's name.

• Change the bet with moments to spare after one of the horses that was part of the trifecta scratches at the last minute after getting agitated in its stall.

• Watch the race on a monitor instead of the actual track because my daughter is having a meltdown over getting sunscreen in her eyes.

• Stare in confused amazement when the horses come in 1-2-3, with the final horse barely hanging on for the critical show finish.