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“This is a place where grandmothers hold babies on their laps under the stars and whisper in their ears that the lights in the sky are holes in the floor of heaven.” - the brilliance of Rick Bragg and thought that fits nicely on Mother’s Day.  It’s a special day for Caden “Little Shug” Singleton, born a few days past Derby Day, and first-time Mom Heather and  Grandmother Dee (still debating over her official non-Grandma title) are having a special day.  Thinking of my mother, Dolores Asher, who is gone five years, but, man, would she be beaming about this little guy …

In the calm of one week after the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs awakened to a perfect Mother’s Day sky.  Only 356 days remaining until Derby 140 …