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I fancy myself a casual fan of horse racing.

I watch the Triple Crown races.

I even go to the track.

I've enjoyed over my adult life going to the racetrack because there's a great dichotomy at the race track.

There's like a point of demarcation where you have the very wealthy,

the one percent of society surrounded by just scumbags,

just complete losers.

And I love it.

It's just wonderful.

Just the whole environment at a racetrack and the anticipation before a race and then waiting for the results and all that.

I really enjoy it.

I don't do it very often, as much as I like because I've got other stuff going on.

But when I go to the track, I usually have a pretty good time.

Sometimes I do better than other times, but I have a good time.

It was fun.

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