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Born to race

By Jay Hovdey

Friday, May 15, 2009

The process goes something like this: Fly San Diego to Baltimore, avoiding tornadoes. Bus from Baltimore/Washington International Airport to rental car lot, which is apparently located in West Virginia. Drive 25 miles through a gully-washing rainstorm to hotel. Lie awake until normal midnight bedtime, California time. Arise, fumble around, and somehow find Pimlico, then enter backstretch just as Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird crosses your path on the way to the racetrack. It takes years ...

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