Derby to have local flavor

THOMASVILLE -- Thomasville grocery store owner Robbie Norman never envisioned he’d be as interested in thoroughbred horses as he is in making sure there are enough heads of lettuce, bunches of bananas and ground chuck at Super Foods. “I’m just an accounting nerd,” he said, “so I sit up here and look at grocery prices all day.” When he was 11, he regretted ever putting his feet in the stirrups after getting thrown off his brother’s horse twice. “I was riding and somebody came down the road and started honking the horn and he got to bucking and running through...

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