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Kentucky Derby Dispatch: Thrill of Victory and Agony of Defeat

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The Kentucky Derby came and went. Weeks of excitement built into a massive crescendo with Mage blazing from the back of the pack to shock more than 150,000 people at Churchill Downs.

Now it’s Monday, one of the hardest Mondays of the calendar year. No, it’s not just a hangover. Your back and legs are soar from walking all over the track. Your email inbox is over-flowing with stuff you’ve been putting off until after Derby. Before you get to that to-do list, allow me to help you procrastinate a little bit more by sharing some tales from beneath the Twin Spires.