Articles filed under Horse Racing
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Saturday SoapboxMay 29, 2009 11:00 pm - They don't get it: The need for a fresh start and less acrimony on the Island Lake village board is apparently lost on its members. The first meeting with the new board ...
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Rachel Alexandra won't run in BelmontMay 29, 2009 11:00 pm - LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra will not run in the Belmont Stakes, opening the way for jockey Calvin Borel to return to Kentucky Derby winner Mine ...
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Jockey Rene Douglas' family responds to support after accidentMay 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Friends of Rene Douglas, one of Arlington Park's top jockeys, say the veteran rider is "doing well and is stable" five days after undergoing seven hours of spinal surger...
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Jockey appeals suspension by Arlington's stewardsMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Jamie Theriot, the jockey who received a 30-day suspension from Arlington Park stewards for his ride of Sky Mom in the race where fellow jockey Rene Douglas was injured,...
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Report: Jockey Douglas paralyzed after rough spillMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Rene Douglas, the leading jockey at Arlington Park in six of the last eight seasons, remains hospitalized at Northwestern Memorial Hospital following a horrifying spill ...
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Karlsson takes spill, leaves on stretcherMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Two days after jockey Rene Douglas was hospitalized following a bad spill in the stretch at Arlington Park, there was an eerie sense of deja vu when jockey Inez Karlsson...
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Jockey Rene Douglas injured in Arlington MatronMay 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Pin Oak Stud's Euphony, under jockey Cliff Berry, regained the lead at the top of the stretch and drew clear to a three-quarter length victory Saturday in the Grade III ...
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Borel fanatical about his fillyMay 15, 2009 11:00 pm - BALTIMORE - Calvin Borel has complete confidence his horse will win the Preakness, the kind of gravitas expected from the Kentucky Derby-winning jockey. Except Borel won...
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Rachel Alexandra wins Preakness; Mine That Bird places secondMay 15, 2009 11:00 pm - BALTIMORE -- Girls rule! The best 3-year-old in the land just happens to be a filly named Rachel Alexandra. Jockey Calvin Borel all but guaranteed victory in the Preakn...
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Hey, what about me? Mine That Bird seeks respectMay 14, 2009 11:00 pm - BALTIMORE -- The fascination over Rachel Alexandra's participation in the Preakness has taken much of the attention away from Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, who's...