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May 18, 2010
Movies
Toni Collette stars in ‘Dream Horse,’ a true-life tale about a working-class Welsh woman who convinces her village to invest in a racehorse.
May 19, 2021
World & Nation
Ben Tricks fell off a racehorse and joined the aid business.
Oct. 11, 1992
Nineteenth-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, an English merchant’s son who immigrated to the United States at age 21, is famous for three things: his own bizarre spelling of his name, his sensational acquittal for the murder of his wife’s lover, and his blurry but indisputable photographic proof that Occident, former California Gov.
Aug. 13, 1992
“Simpatico,” a neo-noirish tale of deception and redemption, finds a sleek, rich Kentucky racehorse breeder (Jeff Bridges) in negotiations to sell a Triple Crown winner (which gives the film its title) when he’s interrupted by an urgent call from an unkempt man (Nick Nolte) at a pay phone not far from Cucamonga.
Dec. 15, 1999
Sports
The California Thoroughbred Breeders Assn. and the Horseman’s Benevolent and Protective Assn. will conduct a seminar for prospective racehorse owners at Del Mar Saturday.
Aug. 8, 1986
The people in the background of Andrew Haigh’s latest film, “Lean on Pete,” are the real inhabitants of Portland, Ore.’s suburbs, the ones who actually spend their lives in the world of low-level horseracing.
April 4, 2018
Show Tracker
March 15, 2012
Books
LOS ANGELES TIMES LIST FOR JANUARY 11, 2004
Jan. 11, 2004
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: “It might have been!”
Dec. 28, 1993