Sentences with phrase «stake races»

Low - stakes racing with the option to pick the track and conditions.

There are plenty of stakes races in North America exclusively for females, in which a filly can prove she can run and can pick up generous purses along the way.

And 2013 could be a proving ground for Republicans trying to make the Vito Lopez scandal and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's poor handling of the case a political issue heading into the higher stakes races next year.

Discovery's Dan Riskin looks back at the high - stakes race between the U.S. and the USSR to get the first satellites into Earth's orbit.

He can give you a million reasons for wanting to race at a certain track, for pointing for a specific stake race or for wintering in a particular spot.

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.

'55 grass champion St. Vincent, and Four and Twenty, winner of several stakes races in 1961 and» 62.

With medical facilities potentially far away and no existing tools to prevent deterioration, medics are in a high - stakes race against the clock.

But this is easily forgiven when the threat resurfaces near the end resulting in a page - turning high stakes race that rewards the reader with a very satisfying conclusion.

In short, Netflix's future presence on Twitter has now turned into a high - stakes race between the company and every pot - smoking Muppet character for a usable Twitter name.

Building on GT Academy's success, GT Sport empowers gamers of all skill levels to compete in high - stakes racing with FIA - certified championships.

HORSE RACING — BILL SHOEMAKER, hopping from coast to coast, won three stakes races in three days and then, after a day off, took the Santa Anita Handicap.

So, after three straight losses in stakes races, Successor finally grasped what Braulio Baeza was trying to tell him

Not that they had anything bad to say about the two; their grumbling was about comparable Republican staffing choices in high - stakes races.

Voters head to the polls in New York and Colorado on Tuesday to cast ballots in some high - stakes races that are not to be missed.

About this Book: Rare: The High - Stakes Race to Satisfy Our Need for the Scarcest Metals on Earth Keith Veronese Prometheus Books, 2015

In the high - stakes race to realize fusion energy, a smaller lab may be putting the squeeze on the big boys.

Rare The High - Stakes Race to Satisfy Our Need for the Scarcest Metals on Earth Keith Veronese Prometheus, Amherst, NY, 2015 Hardback: 270 pp., illus.

As athletes get ready to smash Olympic records in London, scientists are in a high - stakes race of their own to...

Dwayne Johnson joins returning favorites Jordana Brewster, Chris «Ludacris» Bridges, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Matt Schulze, Tego Calderon and Don Omar for this ultimate high - stakes race.

The Kingdom and Captain America: Civil War star plays the eponymous wheelman, a getaway driver thrust into a high stakes race - to - survive after a bank robbery goes terribly wrong.

He plays the eponymous driver, who finds himself thrust into a high stakes race - to - survive after a bank robbery goes terribly wrong.

Cars 2 follows Lightning McQueen, Tow - Mater, and the whole gang from Radiator Springs on a globe - trotting adventure of high - stakes racing and international espionage.

The highest - profile example is Maggie Stiefvater's The Scorpio Races (2011), which blends all the elements of a successful horse story: characters dealing with loss, a high - stakes race, and the ties between horses (mythical or otherwise) and the people who love them.

He also won $ 40 in a stakes race at that event.

The high - stakes race is on to see who will control the U.S. House of Representatives after midterm elections.

Drag your career into high stake racing.

For motor carriers, private equity is lining up to acquire majority stakes in well - established trucking companies, Silicon Valley is engaged in a high - stake race to perfect driverless trucks and autonomous vehicles, UBER and Amazon have entered the freight moving industry and NAFTA is being renegotiated.

He also provided some insight into GM's position on the high - stake race to put functional self - driving cars on the road that is currently underway.