Word: colts
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Grossman's conviction came as a result of actions in July 1986, when he telephoned five relatives and a friend to tip them off to the pending financial restructuring of Colt Industries, the firearms and automotive-parts manufacturer. The six bought almost $34,000 worth of Colt options, an investment that netted nearly $1.5 million in profits when the project became public knowledge. The crimes were discovered during a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of the unusually heavy trading in Colt prior to the refinancing announcement. Grossman will appeal last week's verdict...
Elizabeth S. Colt...
...renowned sire, the only horse ever to finish second in all of the Triple Crown races, stands at leafy Calumet not 50 feet from his old tormentor Affirmed. Guess whose sexual favors are worth $350,000 and who has trouble looking whom in the eye now. The bay colt Alysheba, 8-1 in the Derby, is an honest horse but has a hard time keeping to a straight course. In the Blue Grass Stakes nine days earlier, Alysheba finished first but was demoted for swerving in the stretch. Deep thinkers who drop in on this sport once a year fretted...
Only days before the sentencing, the Government's dragnet had proved effective in snagging another suspect, this time outside the Boesky ring. Israel Grossman, a 34-year-old Manhattan lawyer, was charged with sharing information about a Colt Industries stock buy-back with at least six friends and relatives. His telephone tips allegedly enabled them to reap $1.5 million in profits on their investments of just...
...level, does it make much difference?" Conner asks. "Mario Andretti or A.J. Foyt? Or is it the car?" One of the shapeless peaked caps he rotates in endless supply bears the emblem of Calumet Farm. If Kentucky had bred Conner, would he have trained horses? Alydar was a Calumet colt the year Affirmed beat him by an inch in all of the Triple Crown races. Romantics tended to credit that inch to Affirmed's young jockey, Steve Cauthen. "Maybe if it comes to that," Conner says softly...