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The Other Bird is Victorious in 2009 Belmont Stakes
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on June 6, 2009 tags: Belmont Stakes, horse racing, race horses, Summer Bird, Mine That Bird, sports, streaming video From left, Summer Bird, ridden by Kent Desormeaux, Mine That Bird, ridden by Calvin Borel, and Dunkirk ridden by John R. Velazquez, race toward the finish line in the 2009 Belmont Stakes. Image: Kathy Willens. Kent Desormeaux, the other Cajun…
Rachel Alexandra Romps Convincingly in the Kentucky Oaks
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on May 2, 2009 tags: Kentucky Oaks, horse racing, Rachel Alexandra, streaming video This is the video of yesterday’s Grade-I Kentucky Oaks, a major race that is limited to fillies and is the “companion” race to today’s Kentucky Derby. After watching the astonishingly talented filly, Rachel Alexandra, run away with this race, I think the colts running in today’s…
Barbaro’s Final Resting Place Selected
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on January 29, 2008 tags: Barbaro, horse racing, thoroughbreds, horses, leg injuries, churchill downs Goodbye Barbaro, thanks for the memories. Image source. Roy and Gretchen Jackson, the owners of the gallant racehorse, Barbaro, who was euthanized one year ago today, have decided to inter his cremains at Churchill Downs in Kentucky, where he won the Kentucky Derby in May…