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    Jun 7, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  1. Jockey is perfect fit for I'll Have Another

    – Now, he's the burgeoning star with a sly smile on his face and steady answer to every question, even as the weight of racing history should be pressing upon him.
    – Now, he's the burgeoning star with a sly smile on his face and steady answer to every question, even as the weight of racing history should be pressing upon him. But when Glen Todd first met Mario Gutierrez six years ago, the owner and jockey...

    Tags: Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes, Mario Gutierrez, Mike Smith, Mexico

  2. Mar 27, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  3. Despite push for change, horse racing conditions may be getting worse

    It takes a few seconds to realize what you are looking at.
    The Baltimore Sun
    It takes a few seconds to realize what you are looking at. The Sunday cover of The New York Times always features one of the very best photographs taken in the world that week, and those shots are very often quite jarring. In some faraway land, you often...

    Tags: Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Viagra (drug), Sports, Horse and Harness Racing

  4. Mar 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. Marje Everett dies at 90; legendary figure in horse racing

    Marje Everett, a legendary and controversial figure in the sport of horse racing for more than four decades and the chief executive of the Hollywood Park racetrack for six years, has died. She was 90.
    Marje Everett, a legendary and controversial figure in the sport of horse racing for more than four decades and the chief executive of the Hollywood Park racetrack for six years, has died. She was 90. Everett's longtime associate, Dorothy Carter, said...

    Tags: James Stewart, Cary Grant, Charles Boyer, Sports, Horse and Harness Racing

  6. Oct 16, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  7. Hot tips on California's premier racetracks

    California is home to more racetracks than any other state, with four dominant tracks and a dozen lesser venues, such as state fairs, where thoroughbreds line up shoulder to shoulder. The majors tend to be tributes to Old California. Each of the Big Four has its own bloodlines and vibe. As Santa Anita holds its fall season, and Hollywood Park and Golden Gate Fields follow soon, here's a look at what makes them distinct and how to get the most for your money — at least till it comes to betting the trifecta.
    California is home to more racetracks than any other state, with four dominant tracks and a dozen lesser venues, such as state fairs, where thoroughbreds line up shoulder to shoulder. The majors tend to be tributes to Old California. Each of the Big...

    Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Personal Service, Salads, Seafood, Entertainment Events

  8. Jun 23, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  9. Shore boutiques offer laid-back looks for home

    It's beach season! Time for a week, if you are lucky, on the coast to enjoy all that the Maryland and Delaware shores have to offer — including some really great shopping.
    It's beach season! Time for a week, if you are lucky, on the coast to enjoy all that the Maryland and Delaware shores have to offer — including some really great shopping. With a built-in captive audience of second-home owners, the Mid-Atlantic...

    Tags: Non-durable Goods Industry, Human Interest, Rehoboth Beach, Europe, Lewes

  10. May 22, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  11. Jim Murray, May 22, 1961

    The Daily Mirror
    May 22, 1961: A horse, left to his own devices, would no more run a race for his daily oats than you would wrestle the butcher two out of three for a pork chop. It's that pest on his back,......
  12. Jan 29, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  13. PASSINGS: Bill Harmatz

    Bill Harmatz, 79, a thoroughbred jockey who rode Royal Orbit to victory in the 1959 Preakness Stakes, died Thursday at his home in the San Diego County city of Vista, his daughter Sue Harmatz said. He had cancer.
    Bill Harmatz, 79, a thoroughbred jockey who rode Royal Orbit to victory in the 1959 Preakness Stakes, died Thursday at his home in the San Diego County city of Vista, his daughter Sue Harmatz said. He had cancer. Harmatz began racing professionally at...

    Tags: Belmont Stakes, Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, Human Interest

  14. Dec 23, 2010 |Story| KTLA-LTV
  15. SANTA ANITA OPENS

    Gayle Anderson was live in Arcadia for "SANTA ANITA PARK OPENS". Santa Anita Park will open its gates for its traditional winter/spring meeting on Sunday, December 26th. This historic racing venue first opened on December 25, 1934 and is the longest...

    Tags: Bars and Clubs, Economy, Business and Finance, Business, Real Estate, Homes

  16. Oct 7, 2010 |Story| Daily Pilot
  17. Third title in works

    SEAL BEACH — Every day around lunchtime, Kristen Case sends her Newport Harbor High girls' tennis team some food for thought. Case texts her players an inspirational saying. "Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete,"...
  18. Feb 16, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. Mary Elizabeth Florsheim Bradley dies at 90; prominent figure in Southland racing

    Mary Elizabeth Florsheim Bradley, a prominent figure in Thoroughbred racing in Southern California and the daughter of a well-known Chicago shoe businessman, died Feb. 5 of natural causes at her home in Rancho Santa Fe, her family said. She was 90.
    Mary Elizabeth Florsheim Bradley, a prominent figure in Thoroughbred racing in Southern California and the daughter of a well-known Chicago shoe businessman, died Feb. 5 of natural causes at her home in Rancho Santa Fe, her family said. She was 90....

    Tags: Social Issues, Horse (animal), Death

  20. Jun 10, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  21. Remembering Jim McKay

    Baltimoresun.com staff
    Here's what members of the national media are saying about the late Jim McKay, who died Saturday at 86: • ESPN.com's Jeremy Schaap remembers McKay as "a reporter with the soul of a poet": McKay was special not just because he was a solid reporter...

    Tags: Indianapolis 500, Bob Costas, ABC (tv network), Athletes, Death

  22. Mar 30, 2006 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  23. Featured players

    IN the big inning, there was Koufax.
    Times Staff Writer
    IN the big inning, there was Koufax. Baseball cradled in his left hand, his flinty eyes staring down another strikeout victim, he was the quintessential Los Angeles sports superstar of the mid-20th century, a larger-than-life mythic figure to a city...

    Tags: Eric Dickerson, Nolan Ryan, Dick Enberg, National Collegiate Athletic Association, World Series

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