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...colt galloped into the nation's hearts in May, with a stunning, six-and-a-half-length win in the Kentucky Derby that had the racing experts shouting Triple Crown. But two weeks later, his race toward the sports pantheon was abruptly halted, when he shattered his right hind leg at the start of the Preakness, inspiring a nationwide vigil. He was saved, but never out of danger: one day ready to sprint out of that Pennsylvania veterinary hospital that suddenly became a center of the sports world, the next day yet another setback. The emotional wave has finally crashed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barbaro: Was It All Worth It? | 1/29/2007 | See Source »

...medical care was worth it, for both a horse and fans in constant pain, you must admire how he inspired the public, showing that horse racing, now a marginalized pursuit on the American sporting landscape, can still have an impact. Just 200 yards into the Preakness, Barbaro's right hind leg gruesomely gave out. Jockey Edgar Prado's quick reflexes - he immediately halted the colt - saved Barbaro's life right there. The record crowd of 118,402 at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course fell completely silent - many wept. He was rushed to a veterinary hospital in Pennsylvania, where fans sent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barbaro: Was It All Worth It? | 1/29/2007 | See Source »

Happy trails to the 100,000 people who visit the Branson, Mo., shrine to the western royal couple. Displays include the actor-singer's golden palomino, Trigger, mounted on its hind legs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enter The Fandom | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

...their natural environment, fighting males lunge and stand up on their hind legs in battle, while fighting females shove and head-butt, according to the study...

Author: By Van Le, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gene Implicated in Fighting Styles | 11/21/2006 | See Source »

Chick-lit begs belittlement because it doesn’t present itself as pure literature. Two-thirds of the cover of McCafferty’s newest book, “Charmed Thirds,” shows the hind-quarters of the book’s twenty-something Columbia University protagonist, Jessica Darling, who appears to be lounging in a sparsely decorated room with all of the trappings of college life. At first glance, the book looks like an unusually thick extension to YM magazine...

Author: By Brittney L. Moraski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: McCafferty’s ‘Charmed Thirds’ Makes Chick-lit Legit | 7/21/2006 | See Source »

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