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Halsey Minor still at work on buying bankrupt Magna assets: "I talk to everybody … and I’m hopeful that a solution can be put together that prevents tracks from being put in harm’s way. If I succeed, then obviously that will be great for the sport. And if I fail, it will not be through a lack of effort." [Mention of tech initiatives as something for later near article end.]
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"The Godolphin runners would finish eighth and 14th. Sheikh Mohammed must have looked at these deadpan men, up from the banks of the Rio Grande, and pondered his own, unrequited craving for this prize. Who are those guys?" Chris McGrath reviews the Derby on Preakness eve.
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And with fantasy horse racing: "The ball bearing traveled faster than the marbles, some of which were intentionally nicked to indicate equine fragility and mortality. So the ball bearing became the nearly invincible horse Repulsion, 'King of the Turf,' whose legendary speed and stamina are celebrated in Kerouac’s racing sheets."
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Geolocation patent will also allow targeted advertising.
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A look at NPR’s use of a nifty bit of “backstory” programming to mine their archives for relevant links to tweet. Illustrated with a Derby story.
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May 16, 2009
The last baseball Triple Crown was won by Carl Yastrzemski in 1967, the last racing Triple Crown by Affirmed in 1978. In which sport will the next Triple Crown be won first?
“Absolutely the horses.”
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May 15, 2009
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"They weren't supposed to be here…. Not the tiny horse with the funky feet and unsightly gait. Not the cowboy trainer with the black hat, busted leg and horseshoe mustache to match. Not the owner who met the trainer in a bar fight and got immunity in a federal corruption case through his father's plea deal." Yet, there they were, standing in the winner’s circle …
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Unproven pedigree, started out funny looking: "He had a cute little head and he was not real big…. He toed out quite a bit in his right front leg, which, you know, a lot of foals aren't perfect when they're born. But they go through changes and they can straighten up, so we were pretty encouraged."
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May 9, 2009