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Pedulla Wins Preakness Media Award

Pimlico will honor this year's Preakness media awards winners at the May 13 Alibi Breakfast, two days before this year's Preakness (gr. I).

 Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Today's Job Market

By Ray Paulick - This item of interest from the Feb. 25 issue of USA Today: a horse racing groom has the worst job in sports.

 Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Krone Featured in <i>USA Today</i> Series on Toughest Athletes

Following on its popular series "10 Hardest Things to do in Sports" last year (hitting a baseball ranked first), USA Today has undertaken to rank the "10 Toughest Athletes." In the series that began with Monday's edition of the national newspaper, jockey Julie Krone was featured as the "10th toughest athlete."

 Monday, February 09, 2004

Greatest Game Holds Second Lottery

The Greatest Game, a program created to encourage more people to join the Thoroughbred industry as owners, held its second matching lottery in Lexington on July 8. The lottery gives individuals who have expressed interest in becoming owners, contact information for three advisors.

 Wednesday, July 09, 2003

USA Today Deal Provides Lots of Ink for Cup

The Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships is well-represented in the Oct. 24 edition of USA Today with a four-page preview insert in the sports section that includes five stories, fields for the eight races, and selections by Turf writers and handicappers.

 Thursday, October 24, 2002

The Reading Room: Links to Other Belmont Stories

Links to selected online articles related to the Belmont Stakes and War Emblem's Triple Crown quest.

 Friday, June 07, 2002

Seabiscuit (The Book) and Author Continue Winning Ways

Author Laura Hillenbrand and her best-selling book "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" continue their winning ways. In recent weeks, the book was named "Non-Fiction Book of the Year," by BookSense; hit No. 1 on the New York Times paperback non-fiction bestseller list for May 18; and was selected as this month's selection by the "USA Today Book Club."

 Friday, May 24, 2002