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PASSINGS: Tom Braly, Virginia B. Smith, Robert P. Biller
September 8, 2010Tom Braly, owner of racehorse Evening Jewel, dies at 72; Virginia B. Smith, former head of Mills and Vassar colleges, dies at 87; Robert P. Biller, longtime USC administrator, dies at 73 Tom Braly
Cat, Virginia Beach, VA Posted: 9/1/2010 11:14:04 PM
September 8, 2010Co-owner and trainer Cindy Jones could not have scripted a better swan song for Just Jenda.
Seems as if summer's surface has only been scratched
September 8, 2010What’s this? The last weekend of August, already? And for some, even the end of summer. That was fast, but it always goes fast, like falling asleep in mid-June and waking up two months later, without a tan.
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup
September 8, 2010By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Wrap-up of thoroughbred stakes action. Thoroughbred horse race - Sports - Racing - Equestrian - Tracks
Del Mar ends fifth week with a couple of stakes
September 8, 2010The Del Mar Racetrack ended its fifth week of racing with a couple of stakes.
Paddy O'Prado wins Secretariat for another turf victory
September 8, 2010After Paddy O'Prado captured Saturday's $400,000, Grade I Secretariat Stakes by 11/4 lengths over Wigmore Hall at Arlington Park, jockey Kent Desormeaux went further than calling the gray colt the best 3-year-old grass horse in America.
Mimi, San Antonio, TX Posted: 8/22/2010 5:38:28 PM
September 8, 2010I've said for some time that Gio Ponti is America's best older turf horse, by far. But Gio Ponti has lost some races in 2010 that he didn't or wouldn't have lost in 2009. The horse he was beaten by in the Arlington Million, Debussy, is a good European turf horse.
Illinois: Series spotlight - Kimmel Racing
September 8, 2010(SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) - In the years when Frank Kimmel was averaging seven to eight wins per season in the ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards, the chorus of cheers from the grandstand was equaled, arguably, by a resonant stream of boos.
Paddy O'Prado stands in Workin for Hops's way in Secretariat
September 8, 2010ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Workin for Hops will try to pull off a rare sweep of Arlington’s Mid-America Triple when he starts in the Grade 1 $400,000 Secretariat on Million Day here Saturday.
Tronox, Tribune, Circuit City, Visteon, Lehman: Bankruptcy - Bloomberg
September 8, 2010Tronox, Tribune, Circuit City, Visteon, Lehman: Bankruptcy Bloomberg The companies have horse racing and gambling facilities in five markets in Indiana and Colorado. The companies own Hoosier Park, a casino and horse ... |
