Judge lifts restrictions on BALCO testimony. Thousands of pages of grand jury testimony related to the long-running steroids investigation of Barry Bonds and other athletes were unsealed Wednesday by a federal judge. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston signed an order that allows prosecutors to share grand jury transcripts, medical lab reports and search warrant [...]
Posted on November 27th, 2008 by admin
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Jamaludin wins Churchill Downs feature. Jamaludin took the lead on the final turn and raced to a 5 1/2 -length win in the $44,620 allowance feature at Churchill Downs on Wednesday. Ridden by Julien Leparoux, the 4-year-old son of Chester House covered the 1 1/8 miles on the turf in 1:51.72 and paid $6.80, $4.20 [...]
Posted on November 27th, 2008 by admin
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Aintree People Race loses its innocence. Within the rebranding research being conducted for British racing, one intriguing question is whether the sport can be popularised by the rampant appetite for participant reality television. The answer, given the modern paranoias about health and safety and animal welfare, is almost certainly not. Yet the reaction to Anthony [...]
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A Rose for You wins Big A feature. A Rose for You rolled to a front running victory, her third in a row, in the $68,500 Star De Lady Anne Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct. Trained by Michael Trombetta, A Rose for You was not challenged early, leaving her in command for a 1-length [...]
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Somersby helps Henrietta Knight find way along road to recovery. The leading players were out in force at Kempton yesterday, but all to no avail. On a day when a winner or two might have soothed some pre-Hennessy nerves, the honours went instead to trainers coming in from the cold. Henrietta Knight wore the widest [...]
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Odds Cut For Dynamo Win At Arsenal Bookie Paddy Power has been forced to cut the odds of Dynamo Kiev pulling off a shock win at Arsenal in the Champions League this week. With The Gunners ship hitting rocky waters this week over Gallas-gate punters have latched on to another possible upset following Arsenals 3-0 [...]
Posted on November 25th, 2008 by admin
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Alistair Darlings announcement of a 2.5% cut in VAT will come as music to the ears of UK consumers just in time for Christmas, but the tax slash could spell trouble for the Irish economy. Fears are mounting that more and more Irish shoppers will travel north to get some Christmas bargains prompting bookies Paddy [...]
Posted on November 25th, 2008 by admin
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An experienced paddypower.com punter was one of eight winners of the record breaking 3.5m Scoop6 prize fund last Saturday. The UK based Paddy Power customer invested 5,000 predicting various outcomes across each of Saturdays six Scoop6 races with one lucky combination hitting the jackpot and returning 437,011; a one-eighth share of the total prize fund. [...]
Posted on November 25th, 2008 by admin
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Bookie Paddy Power was left running for cover as snow covered the UK at the weekend in what was the coldest winter snap of the year so far. Punters ploughed in to the 5/1 on offer for a White Christmas in London as over 5 inches of snow fell in places with temperatures plummeting to [...]
Posted on November 25th, 2008 by admin
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With Vote for Eoghan Campaigns going on all over the country, and Quiggy Wig hair cuts popping up in some of the more fashionable circles, the 16 year old Northern Ireland X-Factor hopefuls popularity seems to be going from strength to strength. Paddy Power make Eoghan their second favourite at 11/4 to win the competition, [...]
Posted on November 24th, 2008 by admin
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