Sports
essay
Aug. 11, 2002
The years when thoroughbred horses were the hottest investment commodities in the world now seem like a dim, distant memory.
Aug. 7, 1990
California
Evelyn Haas, philanthropist, dies at 92; Ernest Auerbach, Santa Monica developer, dies at 93; Keith Crown, USC art professor, dies at 91; Rex Nettleford, Jamaican choreographer, dies at 76
Feb. 5, 2010
PASSINGS: Evelyn Haas, Ernest Auerbach, Keith Crown, Rex Nettleford
In the first hour of this week’s Keeneland Yearling Sales, a big, good-looking colt entered the auction ring bearing a pedigree that would make any horse owner entertain dreams of glory.
July 26, 1992
Paul Reddam is an owner who knows a thing or two about horse racing.
May 7, 2016
Obituaries
Alan Sues was a campy regular on ‘Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,’ playing characters including effeminate sportscaster Big Al and perpetually hung-over children’s show host Uncle Al the Kiddies’ Pal.
Dec. 3, 2011
Books
Rubicon Beach by Steve Erickson (Poseidon Press: $15.95) If “Rubicon Beach” were a racehorse, it would be out of Thomas Pynchon, sired by Kurt Vonnegut.
Sept. 8, 1986
When Eddie Garcia was growing up near Guadalajara, Mexico, it didn’t take the future jockey very long to realize he preferred horses to bull riding, his family’s other sporting interest.
Sept. 9, 1992
Archives
Betty Mabee dies at 88; top California racehorse breeder
Feb. 16, 2010