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Not all of the excitement at the track is in the afternoon. The dawn hours have their own mystique, as exemplified by Friday morning’s little drama, when Al Roker of NBC ventured onto the track for a cameo as world’s best-dressed outrider.
Doffing his blue blazer, resplendent in his personal silks, a pink shirt, Roker was on horseback as part of NBC’s presentation of the
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