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BC Classic Is Curlin's HOY Effort
Chestnut champ Curlin ran a dominant BC Classic through stretch slop to defeat Hard Spun. The Smart Strike colt made his case to finish as 2007's Horse of the Year.
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Speedy Count Fleet 1943 HOY
In the history of thoroughbred racing, Reigh Count, Count Fleet, and Count Turf were the first triple generation Kentucky Derby champs. Fleet's daughter foaled Kelso.
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Scottish Sea Stacks
Scotland has many famous sea stacks and we will look at just a few of them.
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Secretariat and Affirmed at Stud
Triple Crown champions Affirmed and Secretariat won best two-year-old and best three-year-old Eclipse Awards. They raced in the same decade, but took different paths.
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Worthy War Admiral Lost Match Race
His dislike of starting gates seemed to give him the advantage in his match race with Seabiscuit, but War Admiral was beaten at the start. He later sired Busher.
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2007 Breeders' Cup Races Results
While Curlin and Ginger Punch set the standard in the Classic and the Distaff, War Pass passed his Juvenile challenge flawlessly. Corinthian walloped the field by 6-1/2.
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Whirlaway Bested All Comers
Whirlaway was the third Triple Crown champion to lose a match race at age four. Sir Barton (1920) and War Admiral (1938) did the same. Whirlaway stood at stud in France.
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No. 1 Derby Run Was Secretariat's
There was never more speed displayed in the Kentucky Derby than put on by Secretariat in 1973. His Derby ranks No. 1 among the Best Ten Derbies ever run.
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Outlaw David Lant
David Lant is not a well-known outlaw. In fact his outlaw career seems to be relatively short. But he appears for a brief moment among hundreds of others who haunted such places as Hole-in-the-Wall, Robber's Roost, and Brown's Park.
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1930 TC Champ Sired 1935 Winner
Unmentioned at two years of age, Gallant Fox, the first major American winner bred from foreign stock, came to the forefront in 1930 as a Triple Crown winner.
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Citation's Fabius Won Preakness
One of America's greatest runners, Citation had only modest success as a breeder. His Fabius won the Preakness Stakes. Citation was Horse of the Year in 1948.
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Curlin Faces Hard Test in Dubai
2007 HOY, Curlin, and rider Robby Albarado face a stiff challenge in Dubai's Classic, the world's richest Thoroughbred race. They will compete with the best on March 29.
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Curlin, Rags to Riches Win Eclipse
Steve Asmussen's Curlin, the colt from nowhere, became 2007's best, while Todd Pletcher's top filly, Rags to Riches captured the Eclipse Award for best three-year-old.
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Frankel's Ginger Punch Wins BC
While trainer Bobby Frankel chose to stay home, Ginger Punch punched her own ballot for female older horse honors in winning the competitive BC Distaff Oct. 27th.
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Thoroughbred Greats: John Henry
Among the top Thoroughbred money earners, John Henry posted 83 times, going 39-15-9 in the late 1970s and early 1980s under rider Chris McCarron. He died Oct. 8.
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New British Poetry 27: Not Without Pretext
Introduces and describes the literary journal PRETEXT, a publication of the University of East Anglia.
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New British Poetry 28: Red Lamp
Reviews a sample copy of the literary journal RED LAMP: A Journal of Realist, Socialist and Humanitarian Poetry.
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New British Poetry 29: Three Journals
Provides descriptions and contact details for three outstanding UK literary magazines.
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New British Poetry 30: Secure and Portable
Reviews Redell Olsen's latest collection SECURE PORTABLE SPACE (2004).
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New British Poetry 31: Some New Digs
Review article describing Peter Riley's latest collection, EXCAVATIONS, published by Reality Street Editions in 2004.
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