Ah, yes—the 151st Kentucky Derby Saturday, and the favorite’s name is Journalism. There’s something deliciously circular about that. Journalism, the horse, running the race. Journalism, the pursuit, always running—never quite arriving. And me, revisiting Spectacular Bid, a Derby winner with a name that sounded like a front-page headline the first time e…
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