Seabiscuit is not for eating

There is nothing like learning about betting on the ponies at the top.

I was introduced to betting on race horses at Santa Anita Park, one of the premium race parks in America.

I was in Los Angeles covering the Rose Bowl for my paper, the Idaho Statesman in Boise.

The paper had a liberal policy for sending reporters out to cover major stories. It was the game between UW and Wisconsin, which the Hu...