Sentences with phrase «jockeys in a horse race»

Runners in a distance race, like jockeys in a horse race, always try to keep something in reserve for a final sprint.

Not exact matches

SIDELINED: For at least six months, Jockey WILLIE SHOEMAKER, who suffered a fractured leg — the first major injury of his 19 - year career — in a two - horse spill during a race at Santa Anita.

Horses and unsaddled jockeys sling themselves round a circular track constructed in a city centre, in a race which lasts just 90 seconds (not 90 minutes!).

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.

Attempting to find and race 20 cats all dressed up in the horses» respective jockey colors just wasn't feasible, so instead, we went for the next best thing: Fred eating treats off of the horses» respective jockey logos.

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.

With two actual jockeys riding the horses in the movie's big race — recently retired Chris McCarron is on The Admiral as Charles Kurtsinger, Gary Stevens on The Biscuit as Woolf — the scenes ring evocatively true, to art as well as to history.

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.

Jockey Kent Desormeaux, aboard a 3 - year - old gelding named Judge Hammer, was cruising to victory in a claiming race at Hollywood Park last Dec. 11 when the horse inexplicably ducked and threw him just before the finish.

As three - year - old horses jockey, so to speak, for position to make the field in next month's Kentucky Derby, one of the races many will be keeping their eye on will be Saturday's Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct.

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.

A taint still clings to Jockey Johnny Loftus, who rode the great horse, Man o» War, in the only race Big Red ever lost

A study in the journal Science claims that the movement of jockeys out of phase with their horses eases the horse's workload and accounts for up to 7 percent of the decrease in race times over the last century.

He finds cash - in - hand work helping out likeable old racing hand Del (Steve Buscemi), who races horses in scrappy local competitions, sometimes with the help of past - it jockey Bonnie (Chloe Sevigny).

From executive producers David Milch (DEADWOOD) and legendary director Michael Mann, Dustin Hoffman stars in his first ever television role Nick Nolte and Dennis Farina, LUCK takes a provocative look at the world of horse racing — the owners, gamblers, jockeys and diverse array of industry players.

When he settles in a town next to a horse racing track, his passion for the sport and the animals is reignited, leading him to join forces with trainer Del, played by an excellent Steve Buscemi, and jockey Bonnie, played by Kids» star Chloe Sevigny, to look after Lean on Pete: an equine stooge whose ailing track record could lead to his slaughter if he doesn't get his act together.

Olive faces her past as several horse jockeys are trampled to death by a rider she once defeated in a race.

The series, which stars Dustin Hoffman, is set in the provocative world of horse - racing — the owners, gamblers, jockeys and industry players.

Set in America's backwater fairs and racing tracks, Lean on Pete tells the story of a young drifter named Charley (Charlie Plummer), who finds a sense of purpose when he is employed by a seasoned horse trainer (Steve Buscemi) and his jockey (Chloë Sevigny).

He earns cash helping out likable old racing hand Del (Steve Buscemi), who enters horses in scrappy local competitions, sometimes with the help of former It jockey Bonnie (Chloë Sevigny).

By reading Patsi B. Trollinger's Perfect Timing: How Isaac Murphy Became One of the World's Greatest Jockeys in the week prior to the race, students will build background knowledge about the race, the sport of horse racing, and Murphy's contribution to its history.

Jimmy «Wink» Winkfield grew up working the land as the son of sharecroppers, but he entered the world of horse racing while still in his teens, moving from stable hand to exercise rider and finally to jockey, a career that brought him international renown in the nineteenth century.

In essence, Sharpe isn't saying that the passive horse will win the race because it is faster; he's saying that passive will ultimately win because it has a lighter jockey.

Champion Jockey is a horse racing experience taking place in the European and Japanese horse racing worlds, steeplechases and all.

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Game Freak's new mashup puts players in the saddle as a jockey who must complete a fast - paced, simplified version of solitaire to propel the horse through intense races.

In this fast - paced mashup of solitaire and horse racing developed by GAME FREAK inc., you'll jockey -LSB-...]

Risk Group III: Individuals who are engaged in explosive industry, mines and / or magazine workers, high tension electric supply, horse racing (including jockey), atheletes and those in occupation with similar hazards.

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