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• n  a horse bred for racing

• After eight months of struggle, pain and hope, the racehorse finally loses his battle.
• Hundreds of horse industry organizations, racehorse owners, trainers, jockeys and humane societies back the ban.
• A new study on an age-old phenomenon explains why a jockey's minuscule movements can lead to great gains in a racehorse's speed.

• race horse
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News & Articles

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• Henry Cecil, Former Champion Racehorse Trainer, Dies at Age 70
  Racehorse trainer Henry Cecil, winner of 25 British Classics, has died at age 70.
  June 11, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Horse racing-Champion trainer Henry Cecil dies at 70
  LONDON, June 11 (Reuters) - English champion racehorse trainer Henry Cecil, who triumphed a record 75 times at Royal Ascot, died of cancer on Tuesday at the age of 70. "It is with great sadness that Warren Place Stables confirms the passing of Sir Henry Cecil earlier this morning," said a statement on the website www.sirhenrycecil.com. In his later years, the 10-times champion trainer looked ...
  June 11, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Champion trainer Henry Cecil dies at 70
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - English champion racehorse trainer Henry Cecil, who triumphed a record 75 times at Royal Ascot, died of cancer on Tuesday at the age of 70. "It is with great sadness that Warren Place Stables confirms the passing of Sir Henry Cecil earlier this morning," said a statement on the Newmarket trainer's official website www.sirhenrycecil.com. "Following ...
  June 11, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Jerry Moss in UPI.com
  I'm sorry she lost,Moss added, referring to Rachel Alexandra. "But she lost to a better horse. We'll see what happens in the next race. Hopefully, she'll come back a stronger racehorse in a month, and we'll see the real Rachel, so to...
• Michael Bloomberg in Guardian Unlimited
  New York's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, put it this way when Fenty and members of the District of Columbia City Council visited recently: "There's an old story that a camel is a racehorse designed by a committee and there's a lot more truth to that...
• Merv Griffin in Los Angeles Daily News
  He's a powerhouse, a powerhouse of a racehorse,Griffin said. "Today he's Cobalt Green. You know, he was born on Abraham Lincoln's birthday, Feb. 12, and his first big win as a 3-year-old came on Valentine's Day. Today is St. Patrick's Day,...