John Porter, right, co-author of "Preserving Old Barn" speaks about the construction of the dairy barn at the Prescott Farm Audubon Center . In the center is Audubon Center Director Scott Fitzpatrick and on the right is well known Laconia farm owner Bob Harrington.
BALTIMORE - Thirty years ago, on the third Saturday in May, in what was grandly called the "Auxiliary Press Viewing Area," I leaned against a loose timber railing on the edge of Pimlico Race Course's roof and saw a horse named Affirmed gallop down the stretch exactly one neck ahead of a horse named Alydar, and had no idea what I was seeing.
Like any true A-lister, he kept the masses waiting for hours. Then Big Brown made his grand entrance. Accompanied by a police escort with sirens flashing, the dazzling colt pulled into the Pimlico Race Course and headed for the corner barn occupied each year by the winner of the Kentucky Derby.
Like any true A-lister, he kept the masses waiting for hours. Then Big Brown made his grand entrance. Accompanied from the airport by a police escort with sirens flashing, the dazzling colt pulled into the Pimlico Race Course shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday and headed for the prime spot of real estate on the grounds - the corner barn occupied each year by the winner of the Kentucky Derby.
BALTIMORE †Like any true A-lister, he kept the masses waiting for hours.Then Big Brown made his grand entrance.Accompanied from the airport by a police escort with sirens flashing, the dazzling colt pulled into the Pimlico Race Course shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday and headed for the prime spot of real estate on the grounds †the corner barn occupied each year by the winner of the Kentucky
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