Archive for September, 2007

DE SOUZA SHINES ON EISTEDDFOD (Sporting Life)

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Nelson De Souza maintained his fine relationship with Paul Cole’s Eisteddfod by riding his rivals to sleep in the Fujitsu Fortune Stakes at Sandown.

ZAHAM SET FOR GOODWOOD TEST (Sporting Life)

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Zaham could bid to give owner Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum his sixth victory in the last 11 years in the Select Racing UK On Sky 432 Stakes at Goodwood on Sunday.

Before Las Vegas, Tijuana was Southern California s glitzy escape (Los Angeles Times)

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Glamorous casinos? Horse racing? Rita Hayworth onstage? Crosby, Gable, Chaplin and Fairbanks? Where was this magical place? The evidence of Baja California s Atlantis is still there if you know where to look. It’s dusk in Tijuana’s red-light district, and two bouncers are slouching outside a strip joint called the Chicago Club. A car rolls up, a window rolls down, and the American guy on the …

FYI: Kids’ educational opportunities abound at forest festival (The Lufkin Daily News)

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Q: What sort of things will there be to do for kids at the Texas State Forest Festival? I’m not talking about the carnival — I know about the rides and the midway. What I’m wondering about are educational type things where kids can learn and have fun at the same time?

The equine flu ramifications may be very long term (Crikey)

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

The stark reality that the equine flu outbreak may have serious long term ramifications for the Australian racing industry is finally being realised by the industry’s stakeholders.

Doubts on horse’s flu death (The Australian)

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

RACING NSW chief executive Peter V’landys last night expressed doubt that equine influenza was to blame for the death of a thoroughbred at a NSW stable in the grip of the disease.

Fraud, Taxes Focus of Horse Owners Seminar (BloodHorse)

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Ask a group of attorney what horse owners should do to prevent testing days in court or before a tax audit, and the answers are simple: Study in advance, do your homework, and keep your notes.

DON’T BE SPOOKED BY SPIRIT CHANCES (Sporting Life)

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

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On bowling: Tommy McClammy (Pensacola News Journal)

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Christenson reflects on near-record night

Kvapil told he could be in 88 car before year’s end (ESPN)

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Doug Yates joined Jack Roush in telling Travis Kvapil his future was in the No. 88 Yates Ford.