Boston’s storied horse track, and a way of life, enter final stretch (Reuters)
By Scott Malone BOSTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Since high school, Lorita Lindemann has lived to the rhythm of horse racing – rising before dawn to tend her thoroughbred charges, cheering as they thunder down the track and working into the night to prepare them to compete again. As Boston’s 79-year-old Suffolk Downs prepares to close on Saturday, a victim of declining attendance and online gambling, Lindemann and hundreds of trainers, grooms and jockeys face losing not just their jobs but also a way of life. “The horses need you 365 days a year. No holidays, no vacations,” Lindemann, 40, said. …