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Run For The Roses
Guest blogging by Tom Michael
Tomorrow morning my pal Camp is driving 200 miles in order to watch the prizefight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather. For me, though, this Saturday is Derby Day, featuring that shortest of sporting events: horseracing.
Horseracing holds a special place for me; my grandfather and then my father had a box at Arlington Park, and quite a few family tales flow from it. Here’s an odd confession: driving my 16-month-old daughter into town the other day, I had an overwhelming sensation to take her to the track. For other fathers I’m sure it’s the first baseball game or first time on ice skates.
No predictions here. Last week I had dinner with one of the owners of Churchill Downs, but forgot to ask him to handicap this year’s race.
Next year, however, my Louisville friend Whitney promised me a slice of Derby Pie, which is heavy with chocolate, pecans and apparently trademarks.
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Tom, I try to catch the Derby every year, too — best 3 minutes of sports! We watch lots of movies with horse races, and seeing a real race, even on tv, is a treat.
— Anton May 5, 07:46 AM #Tom: We are back from Juarez and a rather disappointing fight. The Kentucky Club just across the border is THE place to watch a fight. Waiters in ties and the place is circa 1920. Lovely tequila selections.
— buck May 6, 03:12 PM #