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Why Limit Super Pairings to Horses?

To Daniel Okrent -- whose identity as the inventor of rotisserie baseball is the one I'll use for this space -- the greatest baseball player ever was, unsurprisingly, Babe Ruth. It was Okrent's reasoning, which he conveyed in Ken Burns' epic television documentary "Baseball," that was refreshingly noteworthy. "He (Ruth)...

Horse Fans, Turn Away: Where Horseracing and Downhill Plummets Meet

The Wall Street Journal takes time off from breathlessly covering the market fluctuations today by taking note of an interesting, and divisive, horse race in Washington. The Omak Suicide Race is a 70-year-old horseback downhill sprint that simultaneously celebrates the participants' heritages as "horse-warriors" and...

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05/29/12 Invest draws wide Oaks gate Source: The Courier-Mail A capacity field of 18 plus five emergencies was paid up for the 2400m feature, including Dowager Queen who will race in the colours of new owner Gerry Harvey after he bought her for $710,000 yesterday.
05/29/12 Horse haven braces for surge Source: Sentinel-Review Brenda Thompson expects the phone to start ringing in earnest sometime this winter.
05/29/12 Lester Piggot's new filly: Former champion jockey, 77,... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK At the age of 77 and no longer in tip-top health, our greatest ever jockey Lester Piggott nevertheless still has an eye for an attractive filly.
05/29/12 McEvoy still relishes life at the track Source: Franklin Park Herald-Journal - Franklin Park IL It's spring, the time of year when most Americans become horse racing fans, if only for the two minutes it takes to run the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May, or perhaps for a few weeks longer if a viable Triple Crown candidate emerges.
05/29/12 Main Sequence not the only focus as Derby expectancy... Source: The Independent - London - UK Nobody was expecting a great deal of Lanigan's first runner in an Epsom Classic, two years ago, but Meeznah ran Snow Fairy to a neck in the Oaks, her first start outside maiden company.

Background on Horseracing

Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt.

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