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My grandpa was like your step-father. I have strong memories of him sitting with the racing form, going over the stats etc to make his picks. Then he'd listen to the races on the radio. We also lived not far from Hollywood Park in LA, and I remember going to the track too. I don't know how successful he was overall and I was way too little to do any betting. But I have lots of mental pictures of things associated with the races. (eg: All of the losing tickets littering the ground! The sound of the horses when they passed down the stretch...)

I still love to watch the Triple Crown races, but only after I know that none of the horses were injured during the race. Then I go and look for the replays. I did grow up to be a horse owner, so I know that the sport is NOT good for the animals in so many ways. But it's still hard to resist watching them run.