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Horse Breeder Is "So Over" Competitive Horse Racing
Published 5/19/2008 by Christopher Byrne (noreply@blogger.com) at Eye On Sports Media
Athens, GA (May 19, 2008) - After my daughter's sleepover birthday party yesterday, we drove one of her friends home to her horse farm out in the country. While there, we were admiring a 12-day old colt names "Moose", so named because of the disproportionate size of his head at birth, and talking to the young lady's mother about Big Brown's victory in the Preakness. ...

Richard Deitsch: Thank Sidney for NHL ratings surge
Published 5/19/2008 at SI.com - Extra Mustard
... Challenge. Reports Bechtel: "During the race Waltrip said, "I think I might be hearing something," and then went on to speculate that the engine of Kyle Busch , who was running away with it, sounded flat. This is from the press box, mind you. And you know how loud it is at the track. Sure enough, a lap later Busch starts slowing down because his engine was letting go. Pretty impressive call." • I can't improve on the New York Times ' Richard Sandomir , so you might as well read his take on NBC's well-done Preakness coverage. DUDS• ESPN Radio's John Clayton and Jeremy ...