WholeHogSports · May 7, 2020
King: Staying home from sports
Charlatan ridden by jockey Martin Garcia leads the pack as they race past the empty grandstands during the first division of the Arkansas Derby on Saturday, May 2, 2020, at Oaklawn in Hot Springs.LITTLE ROCK — Thinly disguised as on-the-job research, watching two solid hours of the NBC Sports Network was a first.
Officially, taking in two divisions of the Arkansas Derby, the Oaklawn Handicap and the traditional “Trail’s End” was preparation for writing about sports without fans on site and had nothing to do with $12 investments in each of the last four races on the final day of Oaklawn Park’s racing season.