Home:News:News:Top Stories Top Stories New York-bred racing icon to run again at smaller venue By JEFF REYNOLDS, The Saratogian 06/30/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly It seems so long ago now, since Funny Cide was plastered across every sports page and featured at the top of every sportscast. Home:News:News:Top Stories Top Stories New York-bred racing icon to run again at smaller venue By JEFF REYNOLDS, The Saratogian 06/30/2007 Email to a friendPost a...

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Centre for Speed Monday, July 2, 2007 CFS Hosts Day of Destruction, Stock Car Racing Monday by Richard Gauthier SHEDIAC, New Brunswick, Canada -- Gear grinders and fans of smash and crash em racing will celebrate Canada Day holiday Monday in style when the Centre for Speed (CFS) hosts its first of three Days of Destruction starting at 3:00 p. Centre for Speed Monday, July 2, 2007 CFS Hosts Day of Destruction, Stock Car Racing Monday by Richard Gauthier SHEDIAC, New Brunswick, Canada --...

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She cried about it and pouted, and by the end of that summer, she was rookie of the year for our barrel racing association. De- Mayo jumps off her horse at a dead run and must pick up the goat, flip him onto his side and tie him up by three legs, a front and two hind. We treat them like our own, they get to ride our horses, and we put them on the best we can supply, that s for sure, but they have to earn it. In order to qualify for nationals, the girls must accumulate enough points in...

Born on the Saratoga Springs farm of Joe and Anne McMahon, Funny Cide became the first New York-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby -- and the first gelding since Clyde Van Dusen in 1929 -- when he beat favored Empire Maker in 2003 in an upset at Churchill Downs. Born on the Saratoga Springs farm of Joe and Anne McMahon, Funny Cide became the first New York-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby -- and the first gelding since Clyde Van Dusen in 1929 -- when he beat favored Empire Maker in...

Racing NSW has predicted a slump in betting revenue as well as reduced gate receipts to the AJC if race meetings are rescheduled away from Randwick. Cummings said that "third-party" suppliers, such as feed merchants, and the AJC were also part of the compensation claim. He said 25 trainers looked after about 720 horses at the racecourse. But a spokesman for the AJC denied any figure had been agreed, and said the groups still needed to calculate the total cost. The $50 million compensation...

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