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...didn't get all the credit. The 23-year-old was the beneficiary of the most famous slipup in Derby history: opponent Bill Shoemaker's misjudging the finish line and slowing prematurely. Yet Hartack--who rode 4,272 winners in 21,535 mounts--proved it was no fluke by becoming one of only two jockeys (the other was Eddie Arcaro) to win the Derby five times. Luck, he later said, had nothing to do with it: "I rode the right horses, and I rode them very well." He was 74 and apparently died of a heart attack...
...building a plant in Russia, a country flush with money from the skyrocketing price of oil. In 2003, Nissan sold 8,000 cars in Russia, a number that jumped to 24,000 in 2004, and to 50,000 in 2005. "We started thinking, if this isn't a fluke, we need to think about localization," says Dominique Thormann, Nissan's senior vice president for administration and finance in North America - both because of how expensive cars are to ship and because of the 25% tariff charged at the border...
...Though blind luck certainly groped its way into the GOP corner, this victory isn’t a fluke: The Republicans united behind a strong message and, quite simply, ran the best campaign...
...waited for the statistics to come in,” Petersen said. “We thought that it was just some fluke...
...known is the story of Funny Cide, an undistinguished gelding purchased for $75,000 by 10 middle-class New Yorkers. Funny Cide went on to win two of the three U.S. Triple Crown races in 2003, amassing more than $2 million in prize money. But the horse was a fluke. James Oldring, industry marketing manager with the British Horseracing Authority, advises against "any false expectations or hopes" and estimates that average returns rarely exceed 25% of total investments. Syndicate members say they don't do it for the money. They invest because they have a passion for horses and want...