BRIEFLY : SILVERBULLETDAY WINS.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Silverbulletday showed why she might have won the Preakness by overpowering the field in Friday's Black-Eyed Susan black-eyed Susan or yellow daisy, North American daisylike wildflower (Rudbeckia hirta) of the family Asteraceae (aster family) with yellow rays and a dark brown center. It is a weedy biennial or annual and grows in dry places. and smashing the stakes record at Pimlico in Baltimore. The best filly in the land was set to run in today's $1 million Preakness and challenge the boys for the first time. But the 3-year-old star drew the outside No. 14 post position, and trainer Bob Baffert Bob Baffert (born January 13, 1953 in Nogales, Arizona) is an American horse owner and trainer. He graduated from the University of Arizona's Racetrack Management Program with a Bachelor of Science degree. and owner Mike Pegram decided to scratch her from the second leg of the Triple Crown. Silverbulletday, the overwhelming 1-9 favorite, took care of six challengers in a hurry in the $200,000 Black-Eyed Susan, winning by a comfortable two lengths over Dreams Gallore. ``It's a little like a consolation prize consolation prize n. A prize given to a competitor who loses or does not win the first prize. consolation prize Noun something given to console the loser of a game ,'' Baffert said. ``I know the Black-Eyed Susan is a great race, but we had her ready for the Preakness. But I always put her before me.'' With Gary Stevens
The victory was worth $180,000 to Pegram and boosted Silverbulletday's earnings to $2,271,750. MOTOR SPORTS: A steady rain at Richmond International Raceway Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch Series. in Virginia washed out first-round qualifying for today's Pontiac 400 Winston Cup NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. race. Time trials will begin instead this afternoon, about seven hours before the start of the race. Christian Fittipaldi took the pole position for today's Rio 200 Grand Prix in Brazil with a fast lap of 174.515 mph. Five-time world motorcycle champion Mick Doohan was recovering after surgery to repair several broken bones suffered in a qualifying accident. Doctors needed 3-1/2 hours to repair a collar bone, left forearm and right leg broken May 7 during qualifying for last week's Spanish Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see Spanish Grand Prix (disambiguation). The Spanish Grand Prix (Gran Premio de España) is a Formula One race currently held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, as part of the annual . TENNIS: The German Open lost two of its most prominent players as a hobbling Steffi Graf, playing in her first clay tournament in nearly two years, lost in three sets to unseeded Julie Halard-Decugis and Serena Williams pulled out because of an arm injury. Top-seeded Martina Hingis had to struggle but advanced to the semifinals of the $1.05 million tournament by defeating Barbara Schett 7-5, 7-5. Patrick Rafter, moving closer to the No. 1 ranking, advanced to the semifinals of the Italian Open by grinding out a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory over Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador. If Rafter captures this tuneup for the French Open, he can vault from a No. 4 ranking to the top. The three players ahead of him - No. 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov, No. 2 Pete Sampras and No. 3 Carlos Moya - have all lost already in the Rome tournament. BOXING: Dezi Ford was convicted of involuntary manslaughter The act of unlawfully killing another human being unintentionally. Most unintentional killings are not murder but involuntary manslaughter. The absence of the element of intent is the key distinguishing factor between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. in the beating death of his toddler son and sentenced to eight years in prison in Ohio. NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga : Detroit Lions cornerback Bryant Westbrook was arrested for investigation of drunken driving early Thursday after a sheriff's deputy saw him run a red light and then drive off the road in Vista, north of San Diego. |
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