Sierra Leone rallied past Fierceness in the final stretch to win the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday, expunging the memory of Kentucky Derby disappointment.The colt trained by Chad Brown had been pipped at the wire by Mystik Dan at Churchill Downs in May, but finished off his three-year-old season in style at Del …
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Sierra Leone rallied past Fierceness in the final stretch to win the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday, expunging the memory of Kentucky Derby disappointment.The colt trained by Chad Brown had been pipped at the wire by Mystik Dan at Churchill Downs in May, but finished off his three-year-old season in style at Del …
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Rebel’s Romance won the Breeders’ Cup Turf for the second time on Saturday, holding off Rousham Park to win by a neck and give British trainer Charlie Appleby a third victory in the $5 million race.Jockey William Buick — who opted out of the ride when Rebel’s Romance won the 2022 Breeders’ Cup Turf at …
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Sierra Leone rallied past Fierceness in the final stretch to win the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic in Del Mar, California, on Sunday, expunging the memory of Kentucky Derby disappointment.The colt trained by Chad Brown had been pipped at the wire by Mystik Dan at Churchill Downs in May, but finished off his three-year-old season …
The NBA champion Boston Celtics, fueled by 32 points from Jayson Tatum, bounced back from an overtime defeat with a gritty 124-109 victory over the Hornets in Charlotte on Friday.Tatum added 11 rebounds for his third double-double of the season and Jaylen Brown scored 25 points with six rebounds and five assists in a physical …
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Riqui Puig scored an injury-time brace as the Los Angeles Galaxy beat the Colorado Rapids 4-1 on Friday to become the first team to clinch an MLS Cup Western Conference semi-final berth.Brazil’s Gabriel Pec fired the visiting Galaxy in front in the eighth minute and after Oliver Larraz equalized in the 19th, Joseph Paintsil put …
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Lake Victoria stretched her unbeaten record to 5-0 with a stunning victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf on Friday, as Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien warmed up for his latest Classic quest with two wins in Del Mar, California.Squeezed through the first turn, Lake Victoria recovered under a composed ride from jockey Ryan Moore, …
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Blake Snell, a two-time Cy Young Award winner as best pitcher, has opted out of his San Francisco Giants contract after one year, the Major League Baseball club announced Friday.The 31-year-old left-hander becomes one of the top pitchers available in free agency and leaves the Giants a major hole in their rotation after signing a …
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Amber Glenn registered the best ever score by an American figure skater for a short programme as she swept into the lead at the French Grand Prix on Friday.The defending champion at the event, Glenn scored 78.14 points, skating to Janet Jackson’s “This Time”.Glenn hit a triple Axel to lead world bronze medallist Kim Chae-yeon of South …
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Tens of thousands of Los Angeles Dodgers fans celebrated a World Series title with a parade on Friday, the first time since 1988 they could offer such a salute to the squad.The Dodgers won their eighth Major League Baseball crown, and second in five seasons, on Wednesday by defeating the New York Yankees on the …
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