CNN has an excerpt from Larry King’s new autobiography, My Remarkable Journey, in which he details a fortuitous trip he took to the track in 1971 when he was nearly broke.

Sort of reads like a novelized Bukowski poem.

Betting my last dollar on a horse

**Update**

Mr. King may have won big that day, just like he said, but he didn’t win big with Lady Forli.  Read more details over at Deadspin.