The first leg of Canada´s (Ontario´s) Triple Crown, The Queen´s Plate, goes this afternoon on the Woodbine polyfluff on July 4, American Independence Day.
Globe And Mail - Getting Prepped For The Queen
Globe And Mail - Queen´s Plate Triple Play
National Post - Queen At the Plate
Toronto Star - Hotep Early Favourite
Bloodhorse - Hotep One To Beat In Queen´s Plate
http://www.drf.com/news/article/114387.html
Bloodhorse - Costigan Trying For Plate
Toronto Star - Battle Of Sexes At Plate
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Canadian Derby Golf Tournament Auction
August 16, 2010
Coloniale Golf Course
Beaumont, AB
The Backstretch Chaplaincy has been invited to hold their Benevolence Auction in conjunction with the Canadian Derby Golf Tournament.
This years Golf Tournament will be held at the Coloniale Golf course in Beaumont on August 16th. We are looking for donated items to be auctioned off to raise funds for our Backstretch Chaplaincy Fund. This fund is used to provide benevolence to backstretch workers, and provide events to improve the quality of life all of the horsemen working at the track.
Your contribution to our auction would be greatly appreciated, and funds raised used for a very worthy cause.
For more information please contact Theres Sealy at 403-540-8707 or Jim Haggan at 780-405-4559.
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Thoroughbred Times - Saratoga - Season Long Backstretch Worker Appreciation
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Don´t tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don´t tell them where they know the fish.
Mark Twain
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Mark Twain
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Bloodhorse - Haskin - What Is Their Thinking?
Horse Race Insider - Filly Talk
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Woodbine´s taking steps to improve the integrity of thoroughbred racing.
Bloodhorse - Desormeaux Failed Breath Test
Bloodhorse - Schickedanz Barred From Woodbine
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All´s fair in love and soccer.
Toronton Star - Soccer Isn´t Meant To be Fair
With the Americans getting knocked out earlier, the US is instituting a new test for immigrants from Mexico and South America. Make the US team and get a Green Card.
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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Thomas Jefferson
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"I could be wrong, but this sure feels like "last call" for the folks who desperately want to see a racing resurgence with superstar horses leading the parade. Few scenarios come to mind that could create any better storm than we currently have in front of us. It´s all there: Triple Crown-produced stars with wildly charismatic or accomplished humans surrounding them, and some mainstream help from the folks at Disney.
If this doesn´t work, perhaps it´s time we admit that the big draw of horse racing is the challenge of handicapping and horseplaying on a daily basis for a few and the mega-event for the rest of the public. I´m willing to at least give this current group of horses and horsemen a shot, on the track and big screen, because it doesn´t get any better than this."
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Gio Ponti, whose half bother Fisher Pond stands at Paddockhurst just outside Nisku, will make his return in the Man O´ War
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Why Not Canada?
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We wish nothing more, but we will accept nothing less. Masters in our own house we must be, but our house is the whole of Canada.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
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You mean the weiner dog races aren´t the magic bullet.
Horse Race Insider - No Magic Bullets
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Bloodhorse - Track Wagering Marks Set At Indiana Downs
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Thoroughbred Times - Women Of Influence
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Thoroughbred Times - Compact Seeks Horsemen´s Support
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Horse Race Insider - Less Is More
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Thoroughbred Times - Clarity Of Card Use Required
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Bloodhorse - Two Companies Try To Block Hialeah Casino
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Boston Globe - Betting On A Bettor Future/
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Charles de Gaulle
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Horse rescuer Moline honored with Dominion Award
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Bloodhorse - Thoroughbreds Rocked It At KY Horse Park Show
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Me, the Mob and the Music: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James & The Shondells
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National Post - Paul Henderson
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Scott Stevens critical after spill
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Nike´s almost as good as Madden.
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Cherry Picking: Sample Hardy
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Cub fans feel like wet noodle.
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Gardening with TJ
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Bloodhorse - Ownership Webcast
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Harper´s billion dollar follies.
National Post - Billions Wasted In TO
I´ll take Stipe hands down any day of the week.
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I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious motions of reading speeches, drafted by others, with the principal objective of not rocking the boat.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
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Loving And Hating
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Fasig Tipton is previewing its July Sale at 4 US tracks during the Independence Day long weekend.
Thoroughbred Times - Fasig Tipton July Sale Kickoff
When will CTHS Alberta and CTHS BC be holding their previews?
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Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty.
Jefferson Davis
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Horse Race Insider - Money Down The Drain
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Phil M Stockmen
