Editor's note: Below is an excerpt from Larry King's autobiography, "My Remarkable Journey," published by Weinstein Books and available at bookstores nationwide.  Larry King anchors "Larry King Live at 9 p.m. ET on CNN.



Larry King recalls a much-needed win at the track during one of the lowest points of his life.



I was thirty-seven years old. (In 1971). I had no job. I had a couple hundred thousand dollars in debts. And a four-year-old daughter. I'd take Chaia to our secret park on our visiting days. That's when the pain cut the deepest -- looking at my daughter and knowing I had no way to support her.



Things got bleaker and bleaker. I became a recluse. By late May, I was down to forty-two dollars. My rent was paid only until the end of the month. I locked myself in my apartment wondering how bad things could possibly get. Pretty soon I wouldn't even be able to afford cigarettes. I remembered a night when I was a young man in New York, alone, cold, and without cigarettes or the money to buy them -- I had smashed open a vending machine to get a pack.



A friend called up and told me to start living like a human being again. He invited me to the track. I had nothing better to do, and I figured it would be good therapy to get out and have lunch with a friend and watch the horses come down the stretch.



I'll never forget that day. I put on a Pierre Cardin jeans outfit that had no pockets and drove to Calder Race Course. I can still see the horses warming up before the third race. There was a horse called Lady Forli -- a filly running against males.



Normally, female horses don't beat males. We're talking cheap horses. I scanned the board and saw that she was 70-1. But my eyes really opened when I looked at the racing form. Racetrack people talk to each other. So I turned to the guy next to me and said, "You know, this horse, three races back, won in more or less the same company. Why is she 70-1?"



"Well," the guy said, "there's a couple of new horses here."



"Yeah, but she should be, like, 20-1. Not 70--1."



Screw it. I bet ten dollars on the horse to win. But I kept looking at the horse. The more I looked at this horse, the more I liked it. So I bet exactas. I bet Lady Forli on top of every other horse and below every other horse. Now I had what's called a wheel.



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I kept looking at the horse. Wait a minute, I told myself, I've got four dollars left. I have a pack of cigarettes. I've gotta give the valet two bucks. That still leaves me with money to bet a trifecta.



My birthday is November 19. Lady Forli was number 11. So I bet 11 to win, 1 to place, and 9 to show.



Now I had bets in for 11 on top, 11 on bottom, and 11 to win. And I had a trifecta -- 11-1-9.



When the race began, I had two dollars left to my name -- and that was for the valet.



They broke out of the gate. The 1 broke on top, the 9 ran second, and the 11 came out third. The 11 passed the 9, passed the 1, and they ran in a straight line all around the track. There was no question about it. The 11 won by five lengths. The 1 was three lengths ahead of the 9. I had every winning ticket. I had it to win. I had the exacta. I had the trifecta. I collected nearly eight thousand dollars. Eight thousand dollars!



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Who had $42 in his name? What did he bet on against all odds? What did Larry think was "good therapy"? What amount of money did Larry win? What did Larry bet on?
Larry King Lady Forli to get out and have lunch with a friend and watch the horses come down the stretch. nearly eight thousand dollars. horse to win.
question: Who had $42 in his name?, answer: Larry King | question: What did he bet on against all odds?, answer: Lady Forli | question: What did Larry think was "good therapy"?, answer: to get out and have lunch with a friend and watch the horses come down the stretch. | question: What amount of money did Larry win?, answer: nearly eight thousand dollars. | question: What did Larry bet on?, answer: horse to win.