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Two worlds come together

By Jeremy Plonk with O.J. "Bud" Pettingill
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Saturday marks one of those days on the racing calendar too big for one man. Even Rick Dutrow had to make a choice last year, stay at Gulfstream to watch Big Brown annihilate his Florida Derby foes or trek overseas to oversee a pair of eventual winners on the Dubai World Cup program. For the first six months of the year, my intense handicapping focus lies with the 3-year-olds across America, so I feel comfortable with the goings-on at Gulfstream. But for a look halfway around the world, I turn ...

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