account gave him the opportunity to
chase dreams, dreams he never imag-
ined he would have.
Bob Edwards would go to Monmouth
Park on occasion with his grandparents
when he was growing up. Kris grew up
in Saratoga but the only connection
she had to the track was a job she took
one summer at age 17 as a Pinkerton
directing traffic.
"I hated it," she said. "It was hot and
none of the people driving the cars
would pay any attention to me."
Because Kris had family in Saratoga
they'd make occasional trips to the
track there over the years, but were
more or less lost when it came to the
nuances of the game.
"Later in the summers we'd go a
day or two every year to Saratoga, sit
Cassidy, Delaney, Kris
and Bob Edwards
