Racetrack Veterans Look for Luck in Odd Customs and Beliefs
Michele MacDonald
August 30, 2009
In the modern world of speed figures, tracking devices, and sheets handicapping, just about any racetracker will tell you making it into the hallowed ground of the winner’s circle might depend more on cats, birds, bugs, peanuts, popcorn, and pennies.
And those are just a few icons of a virtual pantheon of superstitions that many owners, trainers, jockeys, and fans either rely on with
