Sentences with phrase «from jockey»

The Andersons bought it from a jockey who had won the famous quiz show «The $ 64,000 Question» and retired to open an art gallery in San Francisco.

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Carrying 120 pounds — 11 less than the even - money favorite Gun Bow and seven pounds less than Candy Spots — Hill Rise received a flawless ride from Jockey Don Pierce to beat Spots a length and a half.

Under an abrupt, lefthanded whip from jockey Mike Smith — «Love taps,» Smith said, although there were 17 of them on a horse who had almost never been hit before — Holy Bull responded and beat back Concern, who had seemed certain to pass him.

HORSE RACING — Hardly perturbed when he found himself boxed heading into the stretch, Clarence W. Smith's doughty Hillsdale got the message from Jockey Tommy Barrow, set out to Catch front - running Find and Terrang in $ 162,100 Hollywood Gold Cup.

Bold Forbes accelerated smoothly to win the Wood and free - wheeling praise from Jockey Angel Cordero, who calls the high - powered colt a good Derby bet

David Milch's upcoming HBO series takes a look at all aspects of the horse racing industry, from the jockeys to the gamblers.

I'd suggest that he should take a step back from jockeying for traditional leading man status and lean into his natural tendency to play the heel.

Not exact matches

The supremely nationalist Chinese will come to understand nationalism from the other end: from that point of view, they are just another colonial power jockeying for someone else's wealth.

Earlier this fall, St. Louis differentiated itself from the other midwestern cities jockeying to become the next hot startup hub by forming the Spirit of St. Louis fund, a $ 5 million seed - stage fund designed to help get startups through the valley of death — or the period between very early money and a Series A round.

The official said the EPA chief has alienated colleagues by jockeying for the role of attorney general, a position currently held by Jeff Sessions, who has come under frequent public criticism from Trump.

The corollary of that is an enfeebled fin de règne in which Merkel defends a centrist legacy against attacks from both sides, accompanied by a gradual loss of party discipline as potential successors jockey for position.

Since Uber's very first ride in May 2010, it has attracted a crazily eclectic clientele, ranging from Wall Street expense - account jockeys to comedian Louis C.K., who recently told a story on Jerry Seinfeld's web series about using Uber to facilitate a stoned adventure to a 3 - D IMAX theater.

This feedback from the general public gave some indication about the specific issues that would shape the campaign, as the parties jockeyed to garner favour with potential voters.

The crowdfunding industry is exploding with entrepreneurs, investors, portal operators, third party service providers and experts from around the world who are all jockeying for position to take advantage of a promising and brand new fundraising channel for SMEs and creative or social projects.

The jockeying introduced a major shot of religion to the presidential race from the very start, a contribution that some political experts argue threatens to curtail Iowa's influence in the nominating process.

Jockey for a barstool at this tiny Union Market stall and prepare for exceptionally fresh Chesapeake oysters on the half shell from the owners» Rappahannock Oyster Company, as...

The 21 time champion jockey announced his retirement from professional race riding earlier this season that means that this will be his last Grand National.

The jockeying could go on up to a few hundred yards from the finish line before either rider tried for a breakaway.

The improbable saga of J. Winkfield, jockey, who galloped away from two straight Kentucky Derby victories to become a Phileas Fogg on horseback.

Answer: Most everyone can (and did) forget the Hall of Fame jockey, and the Rancocas stable, and horse racing in general, to say nothing of boxing (which once entertained millions of TV viewers every Friday night) and the Indianapolis 500 (which from the»50s through the»80s was a fixture on the cover of this magazine) and countless other famous sporting events and sportsmen whose hour came and went.

I had never had the chance to hear him, having come of age, radiowise, about the time he retired as a disc jockey from WMGM in New York City in 1954.

After the race, in which Taylor had entered New Providence, a 6 - to - 1 shot, he escorted the Queen across a red carpet to the infield, where he momentarily changed roles from president of The Jockey Club to the owner of the winner.

His trainer is Clyde Turk, a jockey from 1929 to 1946 and a successful California trainer ever since, and Ruken's owner is 55 - year - old Los Angeles Insurance Executive Lou Rowan.

It was from there that they watched as a powerful 3 - year - old bay colt named Orb, owned by the two of them and trained by Claude R. (Shug) McGaughey, splashed beneath the twin spires at the end of a breathtaking three - furlong drive under dynamic jockey Joel Rosario to win the Derby by a dominant 2 1/2 lengths as the 6 — 1 cofavorite.

Not only did the management of many racetracks, as well as the membership of the Jockey Club, fail to protect its customers from crimes involving millions in lost wagers, but it failed to protect the trainers and owners of horses performing in races, too.

Under Smith's divining eye, with Pollard in the irons, The Biscuit grew into the runningest machine in America, a rolling road show from coast to coast, ultimately a national hero as popular as FDR, a blue - collar bay with a working - stiff jockey and this weird trainer who talked to horses with his hands.

In the 27 years since Luro arrived in this country from his native Argentina riding a shoestring, his horses have won a dozen stakes in the $ 100,000 category, as well as many of the classics, among them the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Coaching Club American Oaks and the Whitney Stakes.

The incentive to diminish the incidence of breakdowns will come not only from a beleaguered industry pressured by a public increasingly disillusioned about the treatment of horses, but also from racing's other endangered species, the jockeys.

Jockey Willie Martinez was slowing the horse, Giant Ryan, when he fell to the dirt about 40 yards from the finish in the seventh race.

Ben Lindheimer hugged everyone within reach and happily proclaimed: «What I like most about this match race — aside from the fact that tomorrow we are going to see the two finest 3 - year - olds in the country — is the wonderful spirit of good sportsmanship displayed by owners, trainers and jockeys.

He called me in his office and said, «I'd like for you to do the radio show from 9 to midnight, and you can be the disk jockey, but listen there's no way I'm putting you on the air as «Laverne.»

The info available is partly powered by the Racing Post and includes stats like the horses previous performances, weight, age, trainer, jockey, previous odds, current odds, a mini review of the last run and a Spotlight from the Racing post.

From bowtie - wearing ice cream jockeys to places where you can get a scoop of Earl Gray Sriracha (no, I did not make that flavor up), the City of Brotherly Love has it all.

Mayoral hopefuls had descended from their chic towers in the burgeoning metropolis to make the ten - minute journey over the East River and into Queens to jockey for district endorsements.

Officially, Cuomo was keeping his distance from the Senate leadership machinations, referring to the jockeying at the time as an «internal power struggle» that the governor had no business getting involved in.

Expect this to be an issue — and a selling point — next year and in 2020 as the Democratic candidates jockey for support from progressive groups.

Hayes also questioned why Cuomo has thus far declined to intervene in the post-election jockeying for votes, in which Senator - elect Simcha Felder recently defected from the Democrats to join with the GOP, putting them just one vote shy of the 32 necessary to control the chamber.

He said he's not jockeying for that job or any other appointment from a potential Trump White House.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) is one of several Senate Democrats jockeying for potential 2020 presidential runs, but her brazen style has received backlash from many fellow Democrats who view her as a political opportunist.

I was mesmerised from an early age by every word of this former jockey — I'm an amateur jockey myself.

Andrea Catsimatidis has decided to get involved in politics, too, and is jockeying to take the helm of the Manhattan GOP, replacing outgoing Chairwoman Adele Malpass, who will step down from her post to move to Washington with her husband David Malpass, the recently confirmed undersecretary for international affairs in President Donald Trump's Treasury Department.

Term limits forced Mr. Vallone from office in 2002, and in the jockeying to replace him, the Bronx - Queens alliance emerged as kingmaker, electing a Manhattanite, A. Gifford Miller, as speaker.

The labor organization's involvement underscores an unusually heightened level of interest in this year's School Board races, in which everyone from the county executive to community activist groups is jockeying to upset control of the board from the current majority.

«There will be a lot of jockeying between now and tomorrow,» Thiele said when Democrats emerged from the meeting.

WMHT's Matt Ryan chronicles this week's vetting sessions with candidates to win the Legislature's nod to fill out Eric Schneiderman's term, while the Reporters Roundtable has Yancey Roy of Newsday and Casey Seiler and David Lombardo from the Times Union assessing the rapid jockeying to win political support for a four - year term.

While mayoral control is locked in intense political jockeying and electoral reforms are mostly dead on arrival due to opposition from the Republican - controlled state Senate, the de Blasio administration is somewhat optimistic about getting at least some of what it wants on the other three items: design - build, M / WBE contracting, and speed cameras.