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Criticism, Compassion, And One Last Win For Homeboykris

On the morning of May 21, Jan Klein was sitting in a suite at Gulfstream Park. A regular at the South Florida racetrack, she settled in to watch the first from Pimlico on Preakness day. Six months earlier, Klein had claimed her first racehorse. She’d grown up riding and showing horses, and she’s long traveled…

June 17, 2016 in Preakness 2016.

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