On a leaden morning near the end of the Keeneland fall meet, Wayne Catalano stood in his usual spot on the track apron, peering intently into the drizzle. When a dark bay filly materialized along the outer rail, her irregular blaze discernible in the gloom, the trainer sprinted to meet her as she walked off the track....

Folksy ways and love of storytelling
belie his fierce competitiveness....