Horse Racing Is in the Home Stretch

Note: I’m taking a break from my usual subjects to write this piece about horse racing and the Kentucky Derby.

I sat on the floor in front of the TV, just days after surgery. I was going to be fine, but I was sore, scared and shell-shocked. My grandparents came over. I was spread out with the morning paper in front of me, looking at, what I think was for the first time, actual color in a newspaper: the…