Sentences with phrase «fillies in»

Two yearling fillies in Monroe County, Wisconsin, were confirmed positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).

«I wan na try the hottest pepper in the world,» I confessed, slamming a bank shot that jumped off the table and hit a filly in the line dance on her left knee.

In fact, Genuine Risk was the first filly in 21 years even to enter the race — and her trainer, Jolley, and owners, Bert and Diana Firestone, debated for days over whether to send her.

Thus far RachelAlexandra's owners have said that they will not run the filly in the Preaknessor the June 6 Belmont against colts, which might save Borel a pricklydecision.

The lone filly in the field of nine, Tartan Stable's entry took the six - furlong event by a neck over fast - closing Towzie Tyke.

By putting the filly in the hands of one of the finest equine professionals in the world, Zoetis is confident Maass will help maintain the integrity and quality of the Matador Ranch and the American Quarter Horse.

By putting the filly in the hands of one of the finest equine professionals in the world, Zoetis is confident the lucky cowboy or cowgirl will help maintain the integrity and quality of this ranch and the American Quarter Horse.

Not exact matches

Lukas, who has had remarkable success with fillies and has been the top trainer in the U.S. for the past five years, may well have been the catalyst.

This may be true, but fillies are in season for relatively short periods of time.

The two fillies met in the Maskette Mile at Belmont on Sept. 10, and both performed brilliantly, Personal Ensign prevailing by three quarters of a length.

Despite Ruffian's many successes, her demise may have been a significant setback for fillies» lib because, in the view of some, that tragic race serves to illustrate what can happen when you send a girl out to play with the boys.

We'll probably see fillies kept on the racetrack longer in the future.

Horsemen and racing fans often equate a filly with a woman and a colt with a man; it's a given that human males are physically stronger than females, but the discrepancy isn't nearly as great in the equine world.

Big, beautiful and nearly coal black, Ruffian was the first filly media star, but in a match race in 1975 with the colt Foolish Pleasure, winner of that year's Kentucky Derby, Ruffian snapped a leg and had to be put down.

The filly had five screws implanted in her leg.

Says LeRoy Jolley, trainer of 1980 Kentucky Derby - winning filly Genuine Risk, «The difference between the two sexes as far as horse racing goes is that a filly only has to win one major stakes race in her life [to demonstrate exceptional breeding potential], whereas a colt, to be valuable as a stallion, has to be a top - rated performer almost every race of his life.

She beat the boys in the Whitney Handicap at Saratoga in August, and she has beaten every filly who has challenged her.

His great filly Lady's Secret — who was raced hard, beat colts and was voted Horse of the Year in 1986 — is in foal to Alydar.

Dr. Benson Martin, a veterinarian at the New Bolton School of Veterinary Medicine in Pennsylvania, says, «Generally, colts mature earlier and tend to be more precocious than the fillies.

Although her last start was two months ago, Sunset Glow won the Del Mar Debutante — a familiar result for the filly, who has three wins and two runner - up finishes in five races this year.

HORSE RACING — DEARLY PRECIOUS ($ 4.20), Mike Hole riding, won the $ 105,205 Sorority Stakes for 2 - year - old fillies by 2 1/4 lengths over Optimistic Gal at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J..

Ballet, in 1876, produced a chestnut filly named Vega, by War Dance.

Fillies rarely mature as quickly as colts, and nature has provided another handicap: even for a filly with the best - regulated heat periods the schedule can vary, and although a filly can run at full effectiveness while in season, this condition can result in startling reversals of form.

The task is so tough that of the 913 Derby starters to date, only 28 have been fillies (the last filly starter was in 1945), and of these only one has ever won.

An accident, presumably a hard kick, gave Silver Spoon a lame hip just before weaning time, but when X-rays showed nothing she was brought along with the rest of the fillies; and in her yearling trials in which she reeled off successive furlongs in: 11 3/5 and: 12 and won her own trial by five lengths on an off track, she showed Balding that, lame hip or no lame hip, she could run.

Should Silver Spoon, with so many rich opportunities ahead in the filly and mare races, risk getting hurt by bigger and stronger horses in the Derby?

«Dear Dick,» the Groaner wrote, «I am in receipt of your recent doleful ditty relating the dismaying events which have befallen the fleet filly Saucy.

In 1999 the Janney - Phipps team foaled a filly by»90 Kentucky Derby and Breeders» Cup Classic winner Unbridled and named her Lady Liberty.

Another young man once watched a great filly mortally injured right in front of him — and in front of America — a very famous filly owned by his parents.

Ogden's choice resulted in a filly his family named The Bride.

Fourteen years later, on the first Saturday in May 1989, Shug McGaughey was a 38 - year - old trainer, a native of Lexington who had handled unbeaten filly Personal Ensign for Phipps's father the previous year and now brought his long - striding colt Easy Goer to the Kentucky Derby.

Dark Vintage, unbeaten 2 - year - old filly by Wine List out of But Definitely, captured $ 101,150 Arlington Lassie Stakes under John Heckman, earned uncontestable No. 1 ranking in western filly division.

Resaca dusted off Silver Spoon and Quill in a spirited filly race, pointing out the values of a jockey who rides to orders

Louisiana Derbywinner Friesan Fire — who had both — brought trainer Larry Jones back to ChurchillDowns one year removed from losing filly Eight Belles just moments after she «dfinished second in the Derby.

Deauville, however, is scarcely an escape, for there he looks over the racing stock that he and Frances run in France, and he also tries to find a few promising racing fillies at the Deauville sales.

On this early Sunday afternoon, along a narrow path of dirt over which Man o» War and Secretariat had once swept in flight to historic victories in the Preakness Stakes, a dainty chestnut filly named So Sly stood frozen in her final autumn light, nervously balancing herself on three legs.

The distal end of the filly's cannon bone in her left foreleg, just above the ankle, had snapped in half, and the shaft of it was white and bare and jutting, like a peg leg, from a thin brown stocking of skin.

The 4 - year - old filly covered the 1 «Öú miles in 2:12 ⅘ a stakes record.

Now a fate and a world not of the filly's making was closing in around her — the horse ambulance waiting there to take her away, the pinched expressions of the groom and the pony girl, and the track veterinarian moving toward her with his needles.

In 1975 the figure so far is more than $ 1 million, for in addition to Wajima he also trains Dearly Precious, the 2 - year - old filly who has rattled off seven straight stakes and could well be the Ruffian of 197In 1975 the figure so far is more than $ 1 million, for in addition to Wajima he also trains Dearly Precious, the 2 - year - old filly who has rattled off seven straight stakes and could well be the Ruffian of 197in addition to Wajima he also trains Dearly Precious, the 2 - year - old filly who has rattled off seven straight stakes and could well be the Ruffian of 1976.

Nothing at a racetrack stirs chaos and confusion like a loose, catastrophically injured horse — they are often in a state of panic — and by the time Dr. David Zipf, the track veterinarian, arrived on the scene, Richardson had spent several anxious minutes trying to keep the filly steady and calm.

Five minutes earlier, in the second race at Pimlico, a 1 [1/16]- mile claiming event for cheap fillies and mares worth $ 8,000 - $ 8,500, So Sly and jockey Frank Douglas were racing sixth in a field of nine, moving three wide as they charged around the far turn.

• Although neither Talon nor Miche has produced a top runner — and the American offspring of Tatan and Arturo A. have yet to race — Endeavour II (imported in 1947) has produced winners of over $ 4 million, including the 1953 2 - year - old champion Porterhouse; Rex Ellsworth's fine handicap star, Prove It; the filly Big Effort; and, most recently, the 1967 Santa Anita Handicap winner, Pretense.

The 3 - year - old filly took the first leg of the distaff triple crown by finishing the mile in 1:35 [1/5].

The French - trained 4 - year - old filly galloped the 1 1/2 miles in 2:33.03, finishing 2 1/2 lengths ahead of Highclere, a filly owned by Queen Elizabeth II.

The winners of the six other Breeders» Cup races were TASSO in the Juvenile, TWILIGHT RIDGE in the Juvenile Fillies, PRECISIONIST in the Sprint, COZZENE in the Mile, LIFE»S MAGIC in the Distaff and PEBBLES in the Turf (page 46).

Three days earlier at Saratoga, Ogden Phipps's unbeaten QUEEN OF THE STAGE ($ 3.60), with Braulio Baeza aboard, posted her fifth straight victory when she defeated Dream Path by half a length in the stake's record time of 1:10 [1/5] in the six - furlong $ 80,375 Spinaway sprint for 2 - year - old fillies.

One cause for conversation was Polly's Rumor, an obscurely bred 2 - year - old chestnut filly who, in her first start, won a maiden race by 21 lengths and smoked over the 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:03 [1/5](and in her second race, over six furlongs, won by nine lengths in 1:10).

In the eighth race, Tepin led the one - mile Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes with only a late challenge from a soon - to - fade Maid on a Mission en route to picking up a victory in the Grade 2 race for fillies and mares four years or oldeIn the eighth race, Tepin led the one - mile Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes with only a late challenge from a soon - to - fade Maid on a Mission en route to picking up a victory in the Grade 2 race for fillies and mares four years or oldein the Grade 2 race for fillies and mares four years or older.

The 4 - year - old filly covered the 1 [3/16]- mile turf track in a record 1:51 [1/5] and earned $ 300,000.