Racing in an Evening Gown
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Not every driver was dressed formally for the start of this year's Bullrun, a road rally that begins in London, at the Marble Arch, and ends three days later in Ibiza, Spain. Yet as drivers thrummed their engines nervously on the afternoon of Sept. 23, waiting for the checkered flag, a quick inspection of the field revealed one entrant clad in an Oxford shirt and gray pinstripe blazer, another sporting a tuxedo, and a third--me--wearing a red couture Matthew Earnest gown.
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The other gutsy gelding in the field ruined Funny Cide&#39;s homecoming Sunday at Saratoga. Evening Attire, a 6-year-old gelding, ended a year of frustration by returning
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On a red-carpeted catwalk, an international line of elegantly dressed beauty contestants - all doing time for drug running - strutted into the night before an audience of Peruvian dignitaries.
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America still loves large cars, but the auto industry is hedging its bets. With knockout style, a fleet of sexy little cars is on the way
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Royal blue with light blue cross-belts. The colours have been part of racing&#39;s fabric for more than 30 years, carried to success across the world by the horses of the Niarchos family.
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Trainer Lee Freedman wants to take on the world with yesterday&#39;s Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva. At least the race that Freedman believes is the centre of the thoroughbred world, the Prix de l&#39;Arc de Triomph in Paris.
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The race opens this week for the prize of carrying the opposition Socialist Party (PS) banner in France's approaching elections, with the star of the opinion polls Segolene Royal well-positioned to pursue her bid to be the country's first woman president.
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A rich newlywed offers advice for the soon-to-be-hitched.
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In his first race at Saratoga, five miles from where he was foaled, Funny Cide was second best, with the long shot Evening Attire rallying for a five-length victory.
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Invitations from today's soon-to-be wed ask guests to come in ''Yacht Club Chic'' or ''City Formal.'' Find out how to interpret such vagaries and figure out what's safe to wear for each.
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Sport: Justin Henin combines elegance with precision as she makes rapid progress, writes Richard Williams.
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She's been dressed up, dressed down, relocated and updated.
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When Afrashad was entered in yesterday's James B. Moseley Sprint Handicap at Suffolk Downs, his handlers weren't sure what to expect. It was just the 5-year-old thoroughbred's second race back since having a bone chip taken out of his knee last fall. On Aug. 13 at Saratoga, he ran fourth in his only outing before heading here.
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Not to sound like anybody from the Fox racing broadcast, but itâs time to reach up and pull those belts tight - itâs time to go racing.
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It is no more than 30 yards from Salisbury&#39;s weighing room to the paddock, but the course still thought it wise to offer Kieren Fallon a security escort as he made the short trip before the first race here yesterday.
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OK, the guys in the crimson shirts will concede that there's more buzz about The Boat Race when it actually figures to be a boat race. "It makes it more fun, pending what happens at the finish," allows Harvard heavyweight crew captain Nick Baker, whose favored teammates take on archrival Yale this afternoon on the Thames ...
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It didn't take the owners of Evening Attire long to realize their horse was a workaholic.