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Born to pick three

By Jay Cronley
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

At least they're not racing on Legos on what was once the real grass course. World championship horse racing without dirt, who would have thought it beyond Eliza Doolittle from the spotless day at the races in "My Fair Lady." Who knows exactly what's in the fake dirt that has been sprinkled around the country, the concoction is like a stew, as stuff is added and removed naturally and by scientists. A little of what happened was some of the horse racing industry gave people who didn't know exa ...

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