Sentences with phrase «once raced a horse»

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He said that once a horse has been trained to race, it is always ready to run when the bugle sounds.

Louisville thinks of itself as a gentle southern city just below the drawl line, and if once a year it gallops into a dither over a horse race called the Derby, it soon quiets down again into its normal sippin» - whisky frame of mind.

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.

McGaughey returned to the Derby just once in the ensuing 23 years, to finish 10th with a big, dull colt named Saarland in 2002, refusing to force a lesser horse into the race.

One of them once said, «If we scratched all the sore horses going to the post there would be no racing at all.

The Gunners finished in the runner - up spot last term, after Tottenham finished third in a two - horse race for the title, and Gary Neville has tipped us to finish in the same spot once again this season.

Horse racing isn't nearly as important as it once was.

This numerical contraction between the top and between should prove once and for all that the Premier league is not a one or two horse race like the rest of the European leagues.

Once you have the app there are plenty of free bet and cashback offers on football and horse racing.

Today's Q poll finds GOP gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino has dramatically reduced the double - digit lead long enjoyed by his Democratic opponent, AG Andrew Cuomo, coming within just six percentage points of the once - comfortable frontrunner and turning this contest into a real horse race.

Rep. Paul Tonko once again has introduced an updated version of a bill in Congress that would create a uniform anti-doping policy for the thoroughbred horse racing industry.

For example, 3 - 1 (pronounced «three to one») odds of a horse winning a race means that for every four races (the total of the two numbers in 3 - 1), the horse will lose three times and win once.

The film's outcome hinges on a big race, with the circus» dancing horse as a contestant; this scene includes an unexpected moment of high comedy, at once relieving and compounding the tension!

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

Once a year, the island of Thisby hosts the Scorpio Races, a beachside contest involving man - eating water horses and riders who often perish in the process.

The Fire gets an upgrade — maybe adds some sharing features, maybe a better screen — and all of a sudden we have a two horse race where once there was a herd.

From a theme park to a wide variety of children's shows and horse races as well as other activities typical of a fair, the Yucatán Fair must be experienced at least once.

Santa Maria Novella The piazza was once the site for the Palio dei Cocchi races; horse drawn carriages racing in a competition around the two obelisques.

Once you have a horse you like, you'll be able to compete in races.

Held in a town just South of Manchester, England, The Great Knutsford Race happens just once every ten years, and features original and replica Dandy Horse Machines, Bone - Shakers and Penny Farthing Cycles dating from the middle of the 19th Century.

Donoghue finds them, discussing injunctions everywhere from Second Life to horse racing — and never once explaining continuation rules.