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Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community.
Each Labor Day, two-year-old horses and their teams travel to Ruidoso Downs to run the richest quarter-horse race in the world. A $3 million purse rides on how fast these horses can sprint 440 feet.
1896 New York Times map showing the location of Morris Park and other major landmarks in the Bronx. Morris Park Racecourse was situated in the area bounded on the south by Sackett Avenue and by what is today the Amtrak Northeast Corridor railroad right-of-way, on the east by Williamsbridge Road, on the west by what is now Bronxdale Road, and on the north by Pelham Parkway.
After spending her childhood as an accomplished show horse rider at competitions in western Michigan, Krone was inspired by the career of Steve Cauthen to become a professional Thoroughbred jockey. She made her debut as a jockey on January 30, 1981, at Tampa Bay Downs in Florida, on a horse named Tiny Star. She won her first race on February 12 ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks returns with a historic look at horseracing and race in her newest book 'Horse.'
"Horse," by Geraldine Brooks, explores the unwritten history of America’s most famous racehorse—and how far we still have to go in confronting systemic racism. Geraldine Brooks on Racing—and ...
Prior to the change, on May 21, 2005, Visa, Inc. officially withdrew its sponsorship of the Triple Crown, effective with the 2006 races; this relieved the company from paying the US$5,000,000 bonus to the owner of the horse that wins the Triple Crown. Sponsorship of the races was taken over by Triple Crown Productions in 2006.
Charles W. Brooks, World War I veteran, U.S. Senator of Illinois 1940–49; Gwendolyn Brooks, poet ... horse-racing caller of more than 95,000 races;