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The Sporting Life was a British newspaper published from 1859 until 1998, best known for its coverage of horse racing and greyhound racing. [1] Latterly it has continued as a multi-sports website. Priced at one penny , the Sporting Life initially appeared twice weekly, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Racecards are often given in newspapers. Also known as a race book ( form guide in Australia), which in this case is a small booklet issued for use at a race meeting. A typical racecard lists information not only about the horse's name, but also its age and the weight it has to carry in the race.
Sporting Life was founded in 1979 as a privately owned company by David and Patti Russell (husband and wife), and Brian McGrath. The three co-founders are enthusiast skiers at a private club and are actively involved in picking merchandise, with Mr. Russell into sports equipment, Ms. Russell to fashion; and Mr. McGrath focused on footwear.
Sportin' Life (Mink DeVille album), issued in 1985, is the sixth and final album by the rock band Mink DeVille; Sportin' Life (Weather Report album), the fifteenth studio album by Weather Report, released in 1985; The Sporting Life, a 1994 album by avant-garde singer Diamanda Galas "The Sporting Life," a song on The Decemberists' album Picaresque
The 2023 Grand National (officially known as the Randox 2023 Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 175th annual running of the Grand National horse race.It took place on Saturday 15 April 2023, at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. [1]
This Sporting Life was a culturally iconic Triple J radio comedy programme, created by award-winning actor-writer-comedians John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver, who performed as their characters Roy and HG. Broadcast from 1986 to 2008, it was one of the longest-running, most popular and most successful radio comedy programmes of the television era ...
The Sporting Chronicle, known colloquially as The Chron, was a Manchester-based, daily, national horse racing newspaper which operated in Great Britain for 112 years until its closure in 1983 due to unsustainable losses (£5.8 million since 1975). The last edition was published on 23 July of that year.
Aintree Racecourse is a racecourse in Aintree, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, bordering the city of Liverpool.The racecourse is the venue for the Grand National steeplechase, which takes place annually in April over three days.