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Businessman's story - USA - Low gets taste of Derby
Louisville,KY., USA -The Louisville Courier Journal /New Brunswick Home News Tribune (New Brunswick,NJ) By BRIAN BENNETTTHE -5 May 2006: -- When Robert Low bought his first thoroughbred in 1995, he told trainer Dan Peitz he wanted to win a Kentucky Derby... All horse owners share that dream, of course. But Low is used to accomplishing large goals... As a 19-year-old engineering student at the University of Missouri, Low started a trucking company in 1970 with one vehicle. Today, his Prime Inc. transportation business boasts a fleet of 3,000 tractors and trailers with an annual income of more than $575 million... Last summer, Hurricane Katrina demolished Low's Palace Casino Resort in Biloxi, Miss. By New Year's Eve, he had the casino operating again while finding jobs for many of the displaced victims... Now, the Springfield, Mo., businessman and his wife, Lawana, have their eyes set on one of sport's most elusive achievements: winning the Kentucky Derby with Steppenwolfer...
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