Archive for June, 2009

Dopage des chevaux en Amérique : l'étude saignante – Blog Le Monde

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Dopage des chevaux en Amérique : l'étude saignante
Blog Le Monde
Les drames récents de Barbaro et de Eight Belles ont aussi accéléré les orientations en ce sens. Pourtant, un seul chiffre suffit à comprendre l'ancrage

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5 Athletes Who Had Their Careers Ended By Injury – Complex.com

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

5 Athletes Who Had Their Careers Ended By Injury
Complex.com
Before Barbaro and Eight Belles exposed the sad side of horse racing, Ruffian shattered her right leg in a 1975 “Battle of the Sexes” match race against

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FILLY & MARE TURF DIARY – Brisnet.com

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

FILLY & MARE TURF DIARY
Brisnet.com
Just as she did last year when chasing the gallant Eight Belles, Pure Clan galloped out with high energy. I have great respect for Acoma,

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Mountain High, River Deep – By Nick Ben-Meir – BloodHorse

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Mountain High, River Deep – By Nick Ben-Meir
BloodHorse
Barbaro, Eight Belles, Ruffian, Swale. Some so famous they made headlines; others, like Sailor's Cap, not so famous, but their passing still tore holes in

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Rock Hard Lashes – BloodHorse

Friday, June 26th, 2009
Rock Hard Lashes
BloodHorse
In her last start, CS Silk finished 5th in the Eight Belles Stakes on May 2. She has never run on turf. In Speight of It (colt; Speightstown – Honest

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Kodiak Kowboy tops LeVine cast – ESPN

Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Kodiak Kowboy tops LeVine cast
ESPN
Friesan Fire ran 18th in the Derby, Just Jenda was second in the Eight Belles, and Kodiak Kowboy finished seventh in the Churchill Downs Stakes.

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Horse industry bemoans demise of slots bill – Kentucky.com

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Horse industry bemoans demise of slots bill
Kentucky.com
AP – Trainer Larry Jones walked Eight Belles shortly before the 2008 Kentucky Derby. Jones, a Kentucky native, moved his summer racing operation to Delaware

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Delaware Park honors Kentucky native Larry Jones – Examiner.com

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Examiner.com
Delaware Park honors Kentucky native Larry Jones
Examiner.com
Twice second in the Kentucky Derby (G1) with Hard Spun in 2007 and Eight Belles in 2008, he also took the 2008 Delaware Oaks (G2) with Kentucky Oaks (G1)

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Officials deem SunRay Park safe – Farmington Daily Times

Sunday, June 21st, 2009
Officials deem SunRay Park safe
Farmington Daily Times
Still, a recent spate of press coverage following the deaths of Eight Belles and Barbaro reinforced the notion that those incidents are bad for the horse

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Unbridled Belle on DelCap trail again – The News Journal

Saturday, June 20th, 2009
Unbridled Belle on DelCap trail again
The News Journal
She finished third in the Grade III Eight Belles on May 2 at Churchill Downs. "She has run with this class before in the Eight Belles," Jones said. ".

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