They're really ugly mutts, real dogs although the woman next door treats them like they are her kids, which probably explains why she doesn't see just how ugly they are. She's got a skinned knee because she's a kid with the coordination of her father, and I just had my forehead sewn back together by a doctor, who, it turns out, is a real cutup. My job was to buy 1% of the horse the nose, the only part that matters when hitting the finish line and find an up-and-coming trainer. to ride the...

Home:News:News:Main News Winner by a nose; Trainer Steve Asmussen s Curlin takes Preakness By TRICIA CORTEZ, LAREDO MORNING TIMES 05/20/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly It was a huge day at the races for Laredo, and for Steve Asmussen, the Laredo-reared trainer whose dynamite chestnut colt, Curlin, nabbed a first-place finsh at the 132nd Preakness Stakes by a nose Saturday. Home:News:News:Main News Winner by a nose; Trainer Steve Asmussen s Curlin takes Preakness By...

Any plan to renew Belmont as a racing jewel must also be an economic catalyst for western Nassau, lifting the fortunes of the surrounding Elmont community. While state law requires that more than 90 percent be returned to bettors, that gross would produce at least $55 million for the state, which must be used for education. But to reverse the trend and save New York's $6 billion horse-racing industry, Spitzer has little choice but to consider adding other forms of gaming at one of the...

BROTHEL owner Eddie Hayson faces a stormy confrontation with stewards this week after giving three different versions in seven days of the sale of outstanding racehorse Passenger. Hayson yesterday said he gave Passenger to his racing manager Mick Fagan because he owed him money- contradicting what he told another newspaper, that he had given the colt to Fagan's daughter Amy Hyder as a wedding present. Hayson said that a year ago he had asked Fagan to sell Passenger because the...

It was the day for Elks Team Roping - the day nearly 100 cowboys and cowgirls try to win the local team roping championship in one of four handicapped divisions. You can compete in several divisions - as long as your team's total handicap matches the division number - so a rider could theoretically make 72 runs today. The ones that compete on a lot of teams and in a lot of divisions all bring more than one horse. The top four teams in Division 5 1/2 were Jeff Smith and Todd Ruffoni, Eric...

Posted: May 19, 2007 Okauchee - Each spring, as the water warms up in lakes across the state, bass move into the shallows for their annual spawning ritual. The spawning season is a time when the big breeding bass are vulnerable because they are accessible in the shallow water. Advertisement Buy a link here In the south, it's legal to fish for and keep spawning bass, but most anglers voluntarily release any bass they catch at this time of year. The males arrive in shallows first to make...

May 15, 2007 -- A loaded University of Wyoming women s team helped the Cowgirls win a second consecutive regional title last weekend, and now the goal is to take that talent to the next level at the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) next month in Casper. May 15, 2007 -- A loaded University of Wyoming women s team helped the Cowgirls win a second consecutive regional title last weekend, and now the goal is to take that talent to the next level at the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR)...

The spawning season is a time when the big breeding bass are vulnerable because they are accessible in the shallow water. Okauchee - Each spring, as the water warms up in lakes across the state, bass move into the shallows for their annual spawning ritual. The males arrive in shallows first to make spawning beds - irregularly shaped patches of shoreline gravel, swept clean of sediment or muck. In the south, it's legal to fish for and keep spawning bass, but most anglers voluntarily release...