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Horses Archive

Faster Horses? Maybe

It depends on who you ask. (ESPN)

Posted in Horses on November 15, 2004

Crazy for Haru Urara

She’s lost more races than Zippy Chippy, but the Japanese public is crazy for perpetual loser Haru Urara. “The unlucky thoroughbred can now lay claim to a 113-race losing streak, even after having been ridden by Japan’s top jockey, Yutaka Take, which has only added to the Haru Fever gripping the nation. T-shirts, keitai (cell-phone) decorations (a little horse with a small sign reading “Never give up”) and postcards bearing her photo have been flying out of stores. She’s been in a Kirin beer commercial, is the subject of a popular song and has even had the honor of meeting the prime minister.” (SF Gate)

Posted in Horses on November 11, 2004

Rockport’s Next Start

Trainer John Servis “is considering a start in either New York’s Remsen or the Kentucky Juvenile” for two-year-old prodigy Rockport Harbor. (Post-Gazette)

Posted in Horses on November 7, 2004