Posts Tagged ‘Setbacks’

belmont horses

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

"BB" Day At Belmont: Big Brown Is Ready
Big Brown defeated a record 29 individual horses in his victories in the Derby and the Preakness. No horse in the Belmont field has ever finished within five lengths of Big Brown, but he will have to overcome some physical setbacks in …
Sports Betting Forum at Sportscapper Island - http://www.sportscapperisland.com/forum

Casino Drive Off The 2008 Belmont Stakes
ELMONT, NEW YORK (TICKER)–Casino Drive has been scratched from Saturday’s Belmont Stakes due to a bruised left hind hoof, according to the Schenectady Gazette. Considered the main threat to foil Big Brown’s bid at winning the Triple …
Horses Wild: Horse Racing News. 2008 Belmont… - http://www.horseswild.com/horse-racing-news

Dutrow: Big Brown "by daylight" in Belmont
We're not going to use this horse for stuff like that. We're going to run him in the Belmont. Hopefully we can get him to the Travers and hopefully we get him to the Breeders' Cup. That's all that’s on our mind. …
Horse Racing Blog - http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/trackside/blog.html

A Preview of The Belmont Stakes
None of this is to say that Big Brown will win the Belmont as if it were a walk in Central Park. There are also plenty of prop bets involving other horses in the race, but those involving Casino Drive were removed after it became known …
A Jar of Skittles - http://jtrigsby.bloggerunleashed.com

6/7 SAT Protest Horse Racing at the Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes is probably the cruelest of the three races because it is at the end of a grueling schedule and it is the longest of the three races at a mile and a half. It goes at a distance that 3 year old horses are not …
NY Protest Calendar (Beta) - http://nyprotest.flactivist.org

Big Brown Versus Blueblood in Historic 140th Belmont Stakes
“I have lot of respect for the Belmont Stakes and for the horses running in it,†said Carroll, who named Robby Albarado to ride Denis of Cork from post 4. “But my horse has certainly earned the chance to run here. …
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The Belmont Stakes: I'm Rooting for 'Big Red'
Since Affirmed in '78, 11 horses have won the first two legs only to come up short in the Belmont. I confess I rooted against some of those lovely horses in the '70s and '80s–Spectacular Bid, Pleasant Colony, Alysheba and Sunday …
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Horse Racing Betting | Belmont Stakes & Triple Crown
The Belmont Stakes takes place tomorrow and with it, a chance for a Triple Crown Winner. For horse racing betting it is one of the biggest events of the year. A lot of sports books are offering good bonuses to get people started in …
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A Look at the Horses in the 140th Running of the Belmont Stakes
We all know about the super horse Big Brown and his quest for the Triple Crown but what about the other horses in the 2008 Belmont Stakes? Here is a rundown of all the horses in field and what to expect when they hit the track at 6:25 …
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7 Burning Belmont Questions
(Interestingly, one of Belmont’s partners was Leonard Jerome, grandfather of Winston Churchill.) These first races would have looked odd to modern racing fans; until 1921 the race was run in the English fashion of having the horses …
mental_floss Blog - http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs

iran

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Maliki Stalls US Plan to Frame Iran
Excerpt: Early this month, the George W. Bush administration's plan to create a new crescendo of accusations against Iran for allegedly smuggling arms to Shiite militias in Iraq encountered not just one but two setbacks.
Untitled - http://www.antiwar.com

Iran: What's the Game?
Gitlin reports in from Jerusalem.
Talking Points Memo - http://talkingpointsmemo.com

Daley says Iran invasion ordinance could cause problems for Obama
The Chicago City Council backed away Wednesday from a proposed resolution opposing a US invasion of Iran, with Mayor Richard Daley saying it could cause problems for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential bid. “It’s not fair. …
Clout St - http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/

Iran Digressive-heave
Go on leave ace-toward compiled barring latter IHR Weekly newspaper and Elucidation, starting toward Iran- the recension prevalent ethnic respite towards the pluck in connection with this marginalia is better part mesmeric: …
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Rudd and Iran
I did hope, however, that Rudd would be prepared to distance himself from the US demonisation of Iran and all the Western supremacist belligerence that goes with it, but it seems I’m going to be disappointed there too. …
The Road to Surfdom - http://www.roadtosurfdom.com

Iran Still Killing Our Men
"Over the course of the last several months, we have publicly discussed numerous times, and shown numerous times, the evidence on four separate occasions on what we have found and continue to find: Iranian-made weapons in the hands of …
Kinshasa On The Potomac - http://kotp.blogspot.com/

Weapons Were Not Made In Iran After All
12/05/08 "ICH" — - In a sharp reversal of its longstanding accusations against Iran arming militants in Iraq , the US military has made an unprecedented albeit quiet confession: the weapons they had recently found in Iraq were not made …
www.iranpeyvand.com - http://www.iranpeyvand.com

Iran
These guys are way behind me.
Keith Burgess-Jackson - http://keithburgess-jackson.com

“Pax Iranica” or Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran or Start a New Cold War
Viola, here it is—it is Iran (it is not I-ran, it is pronounced Eerraan). New York Times Columnist, Mr. Tom Friedman, adds fuel to the fire that Iran is the next big threat and that the next Cold War or rather the new Cold War will be …
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Iran: Bombers of the Shiraz mosque trained by US
Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie said Wednesday suspected bombers of the Shiraz mosque had planned to attack a Russian consulate in northern Iran, the English language satellite news channel Press TV reported. …
ISRAEL WITHOUT IFS OR BUTS - http://bennauro.blogspot.com/