Riding Horses Helps in Hurdling Obstacles for Rookie Jockey
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After dealing with health problems, fractured relationships and homelessness, Sylvia Harris now has relative peace of mind and a successful career as a jockey.
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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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Now for the hard part. Having made it through fast and dangerous racing during the opening flat stages of the Tour de France, riders veer Wednesday into the Pyrenees for their first encounter with the high mountains.
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It will be tough to tell who's more comfortable at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, trainer Bill Kaplan or his horse, Imawildandcrazyguy.
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Easy Red gallops powerfully between rivals in the stretch and beats favorite Tartlet by a head to take the $75,000 Jennings Handicap for Maryland breds in Laurel on Saturday.
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Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca is hoping his filly, Grace Anatomy, can do in Saturdayâs $2 million Juvenile Fillies what his team could not during the season: get the job done in the stretch.
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SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Russell Baze fell off a horse when he was a teenager and his father thought he didn't have a future riding the animals. Good thing Baze didn't listen to dear old Dad.
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After eight months of struggle, pain and hope, the racehorse finally loses his battle. But that he made it this far was a medical miracle
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Bernardini didn't even work up a sweat in cruising to a 6 3/4-length victory in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park yesterday. And that's just what trainer Tom Albertrani was hoping to see.
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The possibility of a young rookie golfer taking on some of Australia&#39;s most tour hardened professionals provided an interesting scenario on day three of the Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship.
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To a veteran defensive lineman, there is a dead giveaway when a rookie quarterback is rattled. You can see it in the kid&#39;s eyes.
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When Smarty Jones was breezing through the first two legs of the Triple Crown with no hint of an early retirement, he appeared to have a lock on Horse of the Year honors.
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Clive Brittain is a trainer who cannot see a horizon without wanting to cross it, and in the doughty and unflappable Warrsan, he seems to have yet another horse who shares his endless enthusiasm.
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The trip has lasted more than 40 years and it finally brought Bill Kaplan home. Or close enough that he can enjoy it with his friends Saturday when Kaplan's horse, Imawildandcrazyguy, will be part of the seven-horse field in the 139th running of the Belmont Stakes.
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Though the fall suffered by Kieren Fallon in a nondescript race at Leicester yesterday may not have brought his challenge for the jockeys&#39; title to an end, it may yet prove to have brought a brilliant contest to a brutal conclusion.
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As all experienced racetrackers realize, picking horses a few days before the races are run is no way to bet winners. Too much new information surfaces at the last minute to make bets earlier than the last possible moment.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. - One might not think a disastrous qualifying effort alone could erase the momentum created by four victories in five weeks.