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Petrino 'jolt' an everyday reality in racing

By Jeremy Plonk
Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Earlier this week, the National Football League felt a seismic shock of mistrust when Atlanta Falcons head coach Bobby Petrino bolted just 13 games into his rookie season, in effect shunning the pro game and returning to the land of coeds and campus coffee shops. While disbelief permeated the NFL and its fan base, those in the Thoroughbred racing industry probably didn't even feel a blip on their "done-wrong" radar. It's not as though the racing industry cares not about football. In fact, the t ...

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