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Whykickamoocow: The secret of silly horse names

Source: CNN, Nov 14 2012, 8:18am CST

"Frankel was a cracking name -- it jumped out of the microphone," says racing commentator Cornelius Lysaught. The superstar colt, who recently retired after an unblemished 14-win career, scooped the main prize ...

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Izenberg: Keep hope alive for another Triple Crown winner

Source: NJ.com  |   May 19 2013, 7:19pm CDT

BALTIMORE — Somewhere out there is a foal. Perhaps in the bluegrass of Kentucky, struggling to gain its balance on wobbly legs … or nuzzling against its mama in the Maryland pastureland … or wondering where it is when its first glimps ...

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2 days ago

In Preakness Starting Gate, Orb’s Challengers Include a Childhood Friend

Source: International Herald Tribune  |   May 17 2013, 8:34pm CDT

BALTIMORE — They shared the same paddock and gamboled in the same Kentucky bluegrass as weanlings and yearlings. Orb hit the ground first at Claiborne Farm, with Departing tumbling out of his mother a month later. Now 3 years old, t ...

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26 weeks ago


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"Worksop Bellyflop. It's a name that just jumped out at me when I gave a talk in Worksop, in the East Midlands, once."


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2 days ago

PREAKNESS: Orb favored to win, set up try for Triple Crown

Source: New Haven Register  |   May 17 2013, 6:46pm CDT

BALTIMORE — Everything’s a go for Orb. The Kentucky Derby winner was in a playful mood the day before the Preakness, making faces for photographers between nibbles of grass outside his stall at Pimlico Race Course. “He’s reall ...

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3 days ago

Farhh shoots for Lockinge glory

Source: Sporting Life  |   May 17 2013, 7:07am CDT

Trainer Saeed bin Suroor hopes Farhh can break his Group One duck in the JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on Saturday. Despite having enjoyed a fantastic Dubai Carnival, Bin Suroor's string have been slow to come to hand this spri ...

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4 days ago

Horse racing - Dettori says he took cocaine

Source: Reuters.co.uk  |   May 15 2013, 10:20am CDT

Frankie Dettori on Colour Vision celebrates after winning The Gold Cup on Ladies' Day, during the third day of racing at the Royal Ascot, southwest of London June 21, 2012. LONDON (Reuters) - Italian jockey Frankie Dettori has revealed he t ...

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6 days ago

Phipps atop racing world with Derby winner Orb

Source: Standard-Examiner  |   May 13 2013, 3:40pm CDT

NEW YORK — There’s a lot of rich history behind Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps. His great-grandfather, Henry Phipps, made his fortune in the iron and steel business with childhood friend and business partner Andrew Carnegie in the late 1800s. His ...

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