When you re younger you don t appreciate what it s like to have a horse of this calibre. Even so Fletcher, who runs an equestrian business with her husband near Newbury, had thought her too inexperienced to win yesterday. Overa, 10, was a real madam as a young horse but had displayed her talent when qualifying for the Fox-hunter Final at Wembley as a five-year-old. For Fletcher, whose last international success is a distant memory , the win signals a return to the forefront of the sport...

Pozzi-Pharr has a special bond with her favorite horse, which she started riding in 2004 after her regular horse was injured. Today s the first time I got to wear this hat, Eubank said of his once-white hat, now sullied by the sloppy mud that filled the arena. Steer Wrestling: Covered in mud from head to toe, even his eyelashes caked in dried slop, Jason Miller simply looked relieved. Despite running away with the Frontier Days saddle bronc title -- his 249 average bested second place by...

Altonaga said she could not find a strong enough legal connection between the two Emirates leaders and their business interests in the United States to permit the lawsuit to move forward. Attorneys in Miami and South Carolina who represent the children and their families did not immediately respond to telephone and e-mail messages seeking comment. Attorneys for the children had argued that the sheiks had extensive horse racing interests in Kentucky and Florida that provided a sufficient U....

The season of wet weather led to 60 turf races being transferred to dirt, setting the stage for a record 527 late scratches. Despite the atypical conditions, daily attendance at Lone Star was up 2.5 percent from 2006 and total on-track wagering was up 5.2 percent. Lone Star couldn't overcome the rain when it came to live and off-track betting on its races. Shubeck said an off-season project would be making Lone Star races more competitive on a national scale in 2008. Asmussen led by only...

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Manzi featured elephant races - "the lead story on the news the first time we did it'' - and, maybe craziest of all, brought a buffalo to the Middletown OTB parlor in the early 1990s to promote the start of Monticello's season. Sullivan's idea to go to daytime racing and lessen competition for simulcasting dollars in the mid-1990s might have saved the track. He started in the publicity office three years later and in 1980 became publicity director, the position he holds today. Classic...

Although it was hard not to be impressed with the way the son of Elnadim pulled away to beat Top Bid by seven lengths in the aforementioned race, that contest was confined to three year olds and the form has been let down by the subsequent defeats of the third and fourth home. He appeared to improve markedly for encountering testing conditions on that occasion, so the heavy going on the Knavesmire will hold no fears, but he's pretty short at 10/3 with the sponsors. Although it was hard not...

Though his horse got beat a neck in that race, Pletcher was satisfied with how he ran. Lawyer Ron, a son of Langfuhr, finished ninth in last year's Classic, after pressing a hot early pace. That's when he set sail after Wanderin Boy, overtaking that rival at the eighth pole and drawing clear while being kept to the task by Velazquez. Pletcher trains Lawyer Ron in draw reins, equipment that gives the rider more control. Lawyer Ron romps in Whitney. Y - Trainer Todd Pletcher sent Lawyer Ron...