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Stories I Should Have Told Sooner
My late father could, at best, be called a marginal sports fan. Like many Kentucky-born citizens, he became an “expert” on the first Saturday in May for the “Run for the Roses” at the historic Churchill Downs in Louisville. He never saw a horse race, never placed a bet, and never met a jockey. While he was in high school, his principal took the senior class to see the legendary racehorse Man o’ Wa…