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A weekend spent losing, and learning, at the race track

By Mary Buckheit
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Monday, August 20, 2007

DEL MAR, Calif. -- Pick a horse, any horse. Honestly, that's all there is to it, right? Can you really handicap a horse? You can pick a jockey (the wee man who weighs least), or a saddle-cloth color (shocking chartreuse), or heck, you can pick by name (Super Freaky). But do you really need the four-legged equivalent of Mel Kiper's scouting reports to throw down a few bills and hope to bring some back? Sure, I can honestly say I had never bet one cent on a sporting event before Friday. But it w ...

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