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- Thoroughbred Racing's Triple Crown Winners This race is for three-year-olds who have won thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes in the same year.
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Krone Wins Belmont Stakes.
Krone, her mud-spattered face tracked by tears, was nearly speechless in the winner's circle. “How do you stop crying?” she asked one of Colonial Affair's practiceriders, according to Sports Illustrated. “You don't,” he replied. Krone's triumph represented a personal victory, and it marked a quantum leap forward for women in professional sports. Her win was the first ever by a femalejockey in a Triple Crown race—the Belmont, Kentucky Derby, or Preakness. Krone chose to downplay the issue....
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Horse Racing.
interested parties claim the same horse at the same price, lots are drawn to determine the winning offer. Knowledgeable owners and trainers may use claiming races toobtain, at bargain prices, horses whose former owners underestimated the potential of their animals. Two other types of contests are match races and walkovers. A match race pits only two horses, almost always that season’s most successful racers, in a head-to-headduel. A walkover occurs when only one horse has not been scratched (w...
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Arcaro Wins the Triple Crown.
that Citation was the class of the field, regardless of track condition. Citation, the overwhelming favorite at odds of 1-to-10, came out of the gate first, pulled aheadby two lengths on the backstretch, and romped to the finish six lengths ahead of the second-place horse, Vulcan. Arcaro used the whip only twice: at the entrance ofthe backstretch and just outside the eighth pole. According to the New York Times, ”Citation got the idea, and kept pulling away from the others through the final ya...
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Scramble for Africa - history.
Sir Henry Morton StanleyAnglo-American explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley was a key figure in the Scramble for Africa. His late 19th-century exploration anddevelopment of the lower Congo River in the name of Belgian king Leopold II led to the creation of the huge Congo Free State asLeopold’s personal property.THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE European competition over African territory in the 1870s heightened once Belgian king Leopold II got involved. Merchants under French government protection had beenadvan...
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Poker.
After the ante and the initial deal, the first round of betting starts with the player to the left of the dealer. This bettor can check (make no bet), make a bet, or fold. To stay in the game, subsequent bettors must call (match the current bet) or raise (increase the total bet). A round of betting ends when no player makes a further bet or a set limit of turns around the table has been reached. In the next round of betting, the player to the left of the bettor that started the last round o...