Letter to the Editor: `I'm Skipping the Breeders' Cup'

I'm skipping the Breeders' Cup this year. Or, if I allow myself a slight delusion of grandeur, I'm boycotting it. This is an action–consequential in my life–that I don't take lightly, especially given that Keeneland is hosting this year's Holy Days of Obligation for people of my ilk. I had secured my tickets–great seats to [...]

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A Divine Love Affair

This boy-meets-filly love affair began, from afar, a year ago- she at Tampa Bay Downs, me at The Meadowlands. It culminated recently, face to face, at Fair Grounds in New Orleans as part of a frivolous, same-day down-and-back trip from New Jersey. The relationship began, as many do, for a shallow reason–not the adolescent or [...]

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