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...DIED. BEST MATE, 10, champion Irish-born steeplechase racehorse; in Exeter, England. A three-time winner of the prestigious Cheltenham Gold Cup and beloved by racegoers, the legendary gelding collapsed from a heart attack just before the last jump on the Exeter course as his trainer, Henrietta Knight, looked on. Known to millions of fans as "Matey," he had just returned to form after recuperating from a burst blood vessel. "He died doing what he loved, which was to race," said Knight, of the graceful, gutsy and reliable jumper...
...days before the great annual horse race that crowds marquees, backyards and pubs around Australia, the form and fortunes of one bay mare fueled a national conversation. Makybe Diva, the two-time Melbourne Cup winner who'd been passed over when she was offered for sale as a foal, was on the cusp of history and almost everyone wanted a front-row seat. Could the mare do it? Would it matter if she didn't? Would she even run? What might the television crews, peeping through the bushes surrounding her trainer Lee Freedman's coastal property, reveal about her training...
...horse with her recuperative powers, Makybe was spent after the race. So it seemed fitting that it was on the victor's podium that Santic, the engaging self-made tuna baron from the South Australian fishing town of Port Lincoln, announced to her "20 million owners" that their winner wouldn't race again. The crowd went home lingering over the inevitable comparisons with other track greats - a contest Boss has little time for. "They all have their own stories and they're all special in their own way," he says. "And Makybe's one of the best." Perhaps trainer Harry...
AMHERST, Mass.—Cody Wild scored the game-winner with 1:23 to play as Providence beat Massachusetts 3-2 on Saturday night to complete a weekend sweep of the Minutemen...
...men’s hockey team got the win it needed Saturday night against Princeton. The Crimson rescued the weekend with a 2-1 win over the Tigers at Baker Rink, finishing its first road trip of the season 1-1. Sophomore forward Jon Pelle netted the eventual game-winner four minutes into the third period with a high shot to the left post that beat Princeton goalie Eric Leroux. It was a crucial benchmark for Harvard (2-1-0, 2-1-0 ECAC), which came into the night after dropping a 5-2 stunner to ECAC-rookie Quinnipiac...