Getting back on the horse Decision on War Emblem threw Morgan, but he's starting to come back

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: August 7, 2002| Author: Jim O'Donnell | Copyright information

On the day they buried Prince Ahmed bin Salman, Tom Morgan rose to reclaim his own professional soul.

The prince and the Chicago-based jockey's agent never met. But they shared two hard and fast links--a deep passion for thoroughbreds and strange springtime rides on, off and around the black comet known as War Emblem.

Into the racetrack mythic, bin Salman will now and forever be remembered as a man who came down on the right side of the 3-year- old champion. He had the horse trad...