Sports
It may be premature to start speaking of Risen Star in the past tense, but it seems likely (for both medical and financial reasons) that he has run his last race.
July 7, 1988
Books
Horse came from behind to become an American icon.
July 1, 2001
Travel & Experiences
Earlier this year, I was showing an Australian visitor the main attractions of Washington, D.C., and took him, of course, to the Lincoln Memorial.
Dec. 11, 1990
California
There’s a barely noticeable wooden door in one of the barns at Harris Farms.
June 7, 2014
It wasn’t a surprise to anyone in horse racing when California’s recent stranglehold on the Horse of the Year Eclipse Award came to an end on Thursday night at the annual awards ceremony at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
Jan. 25, 2018
The probable Santa Anita Handicap favorite, Helmsman, is a nice guy, but he refuses to comment about the injury that will keep Cigar in his barn in Florida on Saturday. . . .
Feb. 28, 1996
Politics
The county’s Democrats spent their Labor Day serving up burgers and skewering Republicans.
Sept. 7, 1999
Entertainment & Arts
Playing Roxie on the road in ‘Chicago’ has put a new lease on the career of Charlotte d’Amboise.
May 26, 1998
It was as if the lights on the front stretch of Los Alamitos Race Course needed time to wake up so they could illuminate the larger-than-usual crowd that showed up at 5:30 a.m. to see a big chestnut horse do a high-speed practice gallop around the track.
Dec. 15, 2016
When a horse named Prized won the Arcadia Handicap at Santa Anita on March 4, the proud owners headed for the winner’s circle at trackside.
March 26, 1990