Word: jockey
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...beaten to the finish wire. Last year at two-years-old he won three of four races. In the Champagne he was disqualified for bumping other horses although he won by four easy lengths. It was one of the most ill-considered decisions ever seen in racing, and the jockey that day, Jean Cruget, has confessed to crying himself to sleep that darkest of nights...
...giving in. I did the only thing I could under these circumstances. I went out and located what I hoped would be an adequate substitute-a pair of extra small jockey shorts...
...appropriate to afford a period of free experimentation and innovation by cable operators. However, there is one development which does require consideration. It has come to our attention that some cable operators simply lease their origination channel of a local radio station, which in turn presents its disc jockey shows over this channel for virtually the entire broadcast day. While the cable operator is perfectly free to enter into arrangements with local broadcast stations during the period of experimentation....the main purpose is to provide an outlet for local expression....We therefore make clear that the CATV may not enter...
...individual sports, athletes answer only to themselves these days. Jockey Eddie Belmonte, who rode 212 winners and earned $235,000 in 1969, favors a wardrobe of rich brocades befitting a courtier at Versailles. Returning from a suspension last year, he fondly recalls how he walked into the jockeys' room. "I wore a bright orange suit. The pants had bell-bottoms and the jacket was a Nehru with no sleeves so you could see the yellow shirt I was wearing. I had a beard, and I thought I looked real good. When the other jocks saw me, they called...
...unprecedented decision that has the French racing industry in an angry uproar, Paris' Seventh Chamber of the Court of Appeals awarded $3,000 damages to Luca. Said the court: "The jockey must not, before arriving at the finish post, cease to urge his horse to fight for first, second or third place." Jockeys now fear that they may have to spend as much time in court as on the race track, fending off the suits of disgruntled bettors. Even race-track stodpers, who look for discarded ticket stubs, were heard to complain about the decision. If it holds...