Sentences with phrase «of racehorses in»

Needing to sort his life out, he finds purpose in the purchase of a racehorse in partnership with his crooked step - brother Ray (Anthony LaPaglia).

Not exact matches

No one thinks the jockey is in total control of a thoroughbred racehorse running at 40 miles per hour.

Over the past decade, the number of two - year - old - in - training sales has risen, Wagner notes, a symptom of racehorse investors» looking for a quick route to the winner's circle.

In our interactive graphic, we've highlighted 10 US companies that entered the unicorn club in record time — the «racehorses» of the herIn our interactive graphic, we've highlighted 10 US companies that entered the unicorn club in record time — the «racehorses» of the herin record time — the «racehorses» of the herd.

Originally produced for Bedford Lodge Hotel & Spa, a 4 - star luxury hotel based in Newmarket, The Newmarket Gin was created to celebrate Newmarket's 350 years of racing, handcrafted from local botanicals, including juniper, coriander, and Seville oranges, as well as locally sourced wild chives, Devil's Dyke orchid petals and alfalfa that is fed to Newmarket's thoroughbred racehorses.

In the opinion of theSouth Americans, Lebón was finished as a racehorse, but his record (he won thefirst three starts of his career) might have appeared good enough to anAmerican unfamiliar with Uruguayan racing — a Jack Morgan.

Kaat played for Tanner in Chicago, and they share a love of racehorses.

Kelso, the bird, now has a justifiable claim to the title of best racehorse in the world, and were it not for the fact that he is a gelding and therefore ineligible to compete in the Paris race he would have a perfect chance to prove it at Long - champ this Sunday.

A wisp of a smile stole across the face of the mistress of Ojo de Agua as she added, «Argentina right now is producing the best racehorses in the world, and the best of all of them are produced here under my direction.»

Under the terms of the dissolution, Hazel would remain in the couple's $ 800,000 house in Arcadia, Calif., while Johnny would become outright owner of a handful of racehorses they owned.

Though he hasn't ridden a racehorse in almost 30 years, the Pumper, as Longden was known in his riding days because of his hard - driving style, can still rouse one, even one as phlegmatic as Our Blue Michael.

Curt Schilling got a massive Jesus tattoo on his arm... Gronk is officially an investor in the racehorse named after him... Guy Fieri admitted he doesn't actually like everything he eats on Diners, Drive - ins & Dives... A train carrying millions of pounds of human waste has been stuck in a small Alabama town, preventing the people from spending any time outside... The expansion Golden Knights are now betting co-favorites to win the Stanley Cup.

«He also will give Astorino a painting done by Tedisco's wife, Mary, of a racehorse named Jim Dandy, who in l930, defeated a Triple Crown - winning horse named Gallant Fox by eight lengths at the Travers Stakes in Saratoga.»

Brooks and seven other defendants, including her racehorse trainer husband, Charlie, and David Cameron's former head of communications Andy Coulson, were due to face phone - hacking charges in a three - month trial, starting 9 September.

Published in the American Journal of Veterinary Research, the study examined lung tissue from 95 deceased racehorses, including thoroughbreds, standardbreds and quarter horses that had actively raced or trained before their deaths.

But similar analyses of muscle biopsies from racehorses have been less successful in predicting performance, mainly because the composition of fibres within the working muscles varies widely.

Roger Harris of the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket and Alan Wilson of the School of Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, believe that the analysis of individual muscle fibres from a racehorse can indicate its ability to accelerate and to sustain a sprint, as well as its general fitness.

This demonstration of d - Ribose's safety in thoroughbred racehorses suggests similar implications in humans as well.

Two groups of five healthy racehorses at the Berkley Farm in Darlington, Maryland, received a d - ribose supplement daily for 17 weeks.

I am in the Racehorse Tavern, the closest bar to the «dry» town of Dover, which nestles among the corn, soy and tobacco fields, and Amish settlements.

The researchers analysed a large data set of racing records that gave a detailed overview of thoroughbred performance at the elite level since the mid-1800s, and at both the elite level and in the racehorse population as a whole since 1997.

Despite a general consensus among scientists and in the racing industry that racehorse speed has plateaued, a new study from the University of Exeter has found that racehorses are getting quicker.

«This knowledge could be applied in the future to improve the overall health, soundness and therefore welfare of the racehorse population.»

Undeterred, advocates for the immediate use of stem cell therapy in human athletes point to successes with racehorses as the best evidence that the treatment works.

Carol Gillis, a longtime veterinarian and researcher who specializes in soft - tissue injuries in racehorses, says that the more than 22,000 ultrasound images she has captured in her studies and clinical practice have convinced her that with a tightly regimented exercise program, tendons and ligaments will heal, producing strong, well - organized fibers — all without the use of stem cells.

In a new study published in The Veterinary Journal, scientists from the University of Surrey warn about the numerous risks posed to racehorses from the misuse of cobalt chloride, a banned performance - enhancing agent that has been used illegally by trainers in Australia and USIn a new study published in The Veterinary Journal, scientists from the University of Surrey warn about the numerous risks posed to racehorses from the misuse of cobalt chloride, a banned performance - enhancing agent that has been used illegally by trainers in Australia and USin The Veterinary Journal, scientists from the University of Surrey warn about the numerous risks posed to racehorses from the misuse of cobalt chloride, a banned performance - enhancing agent that has been used illegally by trainers in Australia and USin Australia and USA.

The university's Howard Erickson, professor emeritus of anatomy and physiology, and David Poole, professor of kinesiology and anatomy and physiology, researched the Flair nasal strip used by the thoroughbred racehorse and found it can help reduce lung damage in horses.

It attracts many of the world's finest racehorses to compete for more than # 5.5 milllion in prize money and of course it is a great opportunity to show your style and see fabulous outfits and extraordinary hats and fascinators, and men in their tailcoats and top hats < - something I have so far only seen on TV.

Adlestrop Stables About Blog A National Hunt and Flat racehorse trainer, based in the beautiful village of Adlestrop in the Cotswolds.

Valley of the Racehorse About Blog As part of the Hills dynasty created by his father Barry, Charlie has spent his entire life immersed in horse racing.

About Blog The Lambourn Valley, situated in the north - east corner of Berkshire, is recognised as one of the major racehorse training centres in the country.

Racehorse trainer Jeremy Scott is based in Somerset and trains a team of 50 horses for National Hunt jump racing.

The idea that the fate of this little racehorse that could (and ultimately, even the idea that the horse is an underdog is a bit of a cheat, since Seabiscuit's lineage was sterling — less «underdog» than «underachiever») galvanized a nation reeling under the Great Depression is the only idea that remains in the film, seized by Ross as an opportunity to insert archive stills of the period — complete with voice - over from historian David McCullough — to lend his horse opera the sort of gravitas he's not able to provide through narrative.

In the midst of the Great Depression, a businessman (Jeff Bridges) coping with the tragic death of his son, a jockey with a history of brutal injuries (Tobey Maguire) and a down - and - out horse trainer (Chris Cooper) team up to help Seabiscuit, a temperamental, undersized racehorse.

Feel - good underdog sports stories have a reputation for sappiness, but Dark Horse — about Dream Alliance, a racehorse owned by a working - class group from Wales — is «done very right,» in the words of our reviewer Noel Murray.

British director Haigh, whose last film 45 Years was voted the Guardian's film of the year in 2015, receives a competition berth for Lean on Pete, an adaptation of Willy Vlautin's novel about the relationship between a young boy and a failed racehorse.

Rating: PG - 13 Year: 2014 Cast: Skeet Ulrich, Christian Kane, William Devane Director: Jim Wilson Based on the true story of Mine That Bird, a crooked - footed racehorse that qualified for the Kentucky Derby in 2009, and his misfit cowboy owners who got him there.

Elizabeth Banks plays Laura Bush in the movie W. and the wife of a racehorse owner in Seabiscuit.

Charley's quest carries him from a horse - racing track in Portland, through the sagebrush of the Oregon desert, to the city streets of Denver, his sole companion the stolen racehorse Lean on Pete.

It has an eclectic cast (Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Zahn, and is about a young boy embarks on a perilous journey in search of his long - lost aunt and a possible home, his only companion the stolen racehorse Lean on Pete.

Bolshoi ballerina Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence) got her leg ruined during a spoiled pas de deux, and — in consideration of what comes next — it's surprising they don't just shoot her like an injured racehorse.

Lean on Pete (R for profanity and brief violence) Coming - of - age drama, set in Portland, Oregon, about the bond forged between a 15 year - old stable boy (Charlie Plummer) and a retired racehorse slated for slaughter.

Based on the novel by Willy Vlautin, «Lean on Pete» tells the story of 15 - year - old Charley, a lonely boy who finds friendship in an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete.

In many other young actors» hands, the role of Charley could easily have been played as a cold and taciturn teenager, but Plummer instead manages to «lean» into the restless and soulful qualities of Charley, his initial wide - eyed wonder at Pete and the other racehorses helping to demarcate the embarkation of his journey in search of security and normalitIn many other young actors» hands, the role of Charley could easily have been played as a cold and taciturn teenager, but Plummer instead manages to «lean» into the restless and soulful qualities of Charley, his initial wide - eyed wonder at Pete and the other racehorses helping to demarcate the embarkation of his journey in search of security and normalitin search of security and normality.

After she left school she worked with racehorses for several years in England and the USA before going to college to study law, which she left after a year to go traveling to India, where she spent the best part of two years.

To Cole's astonishment, his father, Harper, turns out to be a kind of urban cowboy, living in the ghetto, where he and a group of friends keep and care for old racehorses they've saved from the slaughterhouse.

Narrating with piercing empathy in the indelible voices of his characters, Meno parallels the frantic search for the racehorse, an embodiment of nature's pure glory, with the complicated troubles of a coltish young woman on the run.

When William White buys a share in a racehorse, he is engulfed in a world of fast horses, deadly assassins, sex, love, heartache intertwined with Templar artefacts, the Catholic church's most deadly assassin's and most powerful clerics.Love, heartbreak & betrayal by those he loved most will haunt his steps.

Well if you knew that racehorse was eventually going to break a leg and require thousands of dollars in surgeries, you might consider selling him, right?

In fact he doesn't get the movie star treatment at Tulsa Boys» Home at all, even though he played the famous racehorse «Seabiscuit» in the movie of the same namIn fact he doesn't get the movie star treatment at Tulsa Boys» Home at all, even though he played the famous racehorse «Seabiscuit» in the movie of the same namin the movie of the same name.