It is jump racing's grassroots, the point-to-point field, that has served Alner well in his 12-year professional training career and been the hallmark of his success Typically, he brings on young, usually Irish, strongly built store horses of a certain stamp, purchased from Tom Costello - the man who produced previous Gold Cup winners Cool Ground, Best Mate, The Thinker among others - and Alner's first Gold Cup winner, Cool Dawn Alner is one of racing's most un-assuming men From transport by horse to horse transport, Alner is still in the driving seat

Local Teams National Sports Horses At Churchill Training Facility Quarantined Potentially Fatal Illness Confirmed In At Least One Horse UPDATED: 5:14 pm EST March 15, 2005 More Derby News: Derby News: One case of the contagious bacterial infection known as strangles was confirmed at the Trackside Training Center, WLKY NewsChannel 32's Andy Alcock reported Tuesday The sign outside Dale Roman's barn shows the state's Agriculture Department has quarantined his horses Horses outside the quarantined barns are able to train together as the quarantined horses train separately

POSTED: 5:03 pm EST March 11, 2005 UPDATED: 6:18 pm EST March 11, 2005 WILSON, N C -- Five months after a pair of emaciated horses was found on a Wilson County farm, the animals are slowly regaining their health "I've never been that concerned at a horse being able to recover," said Jennifer Hack, of the Equine Rescue League Online: The horses have each gained 500 pounds in recent months The horses' former owner was convicted of animal cruelty charges on Thursday

March 2005 Article # 5602 Personally, I think horses should not be allowed to run for claiming prices that are less than 5 percent of their career earnings, but Holmdel was running for a tag that was less than 1 percent of his lifetime earnings ($291,576) The Lenihans got busy While gratified that Holmdel is well cared for, Patricia Lenihan remains disappointed that more owners and breeders do not feel the same deep obligation to ensure a safe retirement for their former horses

Los Alamitos Offers Option to Hollywood Park Date Posted: 3/17/2005 6:26:25 PM "The other options I see to race in Southern California are to race year round at Santa Anita Allred has been the sole owner of Los Alamitos Race Course for more than 10 years "We've always believed Los Alamitos is a prime location for horse racing in California," said Allred Pegram asked

17 March 2005 Twist of fate earns cup winning owner a bonus It is a somewhat macabre quirk of racing's rules that the winning owner in tomorrow's Gold Cup will be £10,0 better off following the death of Farmer Jack Rugby stars' conversion Culloty's breast mate Zara is picture perfect Glamour royal Zara Phillips has emerged as the darling of Cheltenham - in eyes of newspaper editors at any rate Jockeys kept in the dark

Friday, March 18, 2005 Texas' Oldest Newspaper: Stuffed longhorn helps owner make a buck Published March 17, 2005 Hes the ultimate in recycling, Chapman said When the bull died, Chapman had him stuffed and put him to work, but this wasnt the first time hed stuffed some of his livestock Hes had another bull preserved as well as a horse and crawfish In 1990, Chapman, 52, began taking his first stuffed bull to rodeos and allowed people to take pictures with it

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