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Barbaro's race ends in injury
Sun ReporterA spectacular day of racing turned catastrophic when Barbaro, a 3-year-old colt with a seemingly clear path to the Triple Crown, broke down in the first furlong of the 131st Preakness Stakes yesterday and was fighting for his life last night. Instead...Tags: Horse (animal), Pennsylvania, Death, Triple Crown, Belmont Stakes
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Safety Should Be Major Concern
I once heard a horse described as "1,000 pounds of muscle balancing on glass legs." That's not far from the truth, and recent tragedies have forced leaders in two sports — horse racing and eventing — to focus on making their competitions...Tags: Horse (animal), Kentucky Derby, Steroids, Horse Jumping, Three-day Horse Event
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Sarah Jessica Parker Named Unsexiest Woman
Zap2It.comThe folks over at Maxim magazine think it's too easy picking Charlize Theron as the Sexiest Woman Alive. They'd rather weigh in on who's unsexy. The unfortunate recipient of the lad mag's Unsexiest title is "Sex & the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker,...Tags: Entertainment, Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse, Sarah Jessica Parker, Charlize Theron
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Best of 2007: Sure money
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhat's in your portfolio? Are you a high-risk investor or do you prefer the slow and reliable clink-clink of blue-chip stock? Personally, I've got all my money tied up in a racehorse named Barbaro. What? No way! When'd that happen? I would love to see...Tags: Transportation, Luxury Vehicles, Companies and Corporations, Travel, Los Angeles Times
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No Crown for Big Brown; favorite eased, places last
Trainer Rick Dutrow leaned on the rail at the Detention Barn a half-hour after Big Brown had been pulled up in the Belmont Stakes and momentarily dropped his forehead onto his crossed arms. Dutrow's thin brown hair was soaked. His blue shirt soggy. His...Tags: Horse (animal), Sports, Triple Crown, Forehead, Belmont Stakes
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Artificial Limbs: A Hope For Some Horses Who Suffer Leg Injuries
Anyone who owns, rides or cares for horses lives with one big fear — a leg injury.
Horses' legs are delicate, almost too delicate for the weight they bear. An injury to one leg often affects the other legs, which are forced to bear extra weight....Tags: Utah, Legs, Death, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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The Decision
Sun ReporterHundreds of anxious fans and dozens of reporters swarmed around the stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course minutes after the 2006 Preakness Stakes. Security officers shouted at onlookers to remain behind temporary barricades. Television news helicopters...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, X-rays, Death, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Triple Crown
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Prado 'badly shaken' after visit to Barbaro
From "My Guy Barbaro: A Jockey's Journey Through Love, Triumph and Heartbreak with America's Favorite Horse," by Edgar Prado with John Eisenberg. Copyright(c) 2008 by Edgar Prado. Reprinted by arrangement with HarperCollins Publishers. When you get...Tags: Kentucky Derby, Pennsylvania, Carrots, Romance (genre), New York
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Decision due on Barbaro's ashes
Sun ReporterNearing the one-year anniversary of Barbaro's death, Gretchen Jackson -- who along with husband Roy owned the horse -- said yesterday they are close to announcing a decision about where the 2006 Kentucky Derby champion's ashes will be buried. Barbaro was...Tags: Kentucky Derby, Death, Sports, Churchill Downs, Horse and Harness Racing
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Derby winner to be memorialized outside gate of Churchill Downs
Associated PressThe image of Barbaro blazing down the stretch at Churchill Downs, all four hooves off the ground as the powerful bay colt crushed the field in the 2006 Kentucky Derby, is seared in Roy Jackson's memory. It's the way Jackson prefers to think of Barbaro,...Tags: Kentucky Derby, Pennsylvania, Death, Churchill Downs, Preakness Stakes
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Last laughs
Faced with a choice between an eleventh-hour shot at a Pulitzer Prize-winning stroke o' genius and a little holiday-season R & R, most editorial cartoonists took last week off. This probably meant that Benazir Bhutto received fewer graphic obit tributes...Tags: Ike Turner, Entertainment, Pulitzer Prize Awards, New Year's Day, Cartoons
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Second leg is saddest for Barbaro
Times Staff WriterBarbaro, the imposing dark-bay colt many believed was the best hope for a Triple Crown in a generation, broke down Saturday with two fractures in his right hind leg shortly after the start of the Preakness Stakes and will not race again, with his survival...Tags: Death, Triple Crown, Belmont Stakes, Surgery, Pimlico Race Course
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