BRIEFLY FUNNY CIDE TO SKIP BREEDERS' CUP RACE.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire ServicesFunny Cide, the winner of the Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. and the Preakness Stakes Preakness Stakes One of the three classic U.S. horse races making up the Triple Crown. It is held annually in mid-May at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course. The course distance is 1³⁄₁₆ mi (1.9 km). The field is limited to 3-year-old Thoroughbreds. , will miss the $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade 1 Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and older run at a distance of 1¼ miles (2012 m) on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. and instead run against other New York-breds in the $250,000 Empire Classic at Belmont Park Noun 1. Belmont Park - a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long Island; site of the Belmont Stakes Belmont Elmont - a town on Long Island in New York; site of Belmont Park on Oct. 18. The decision is a blow to the Classic, which will be held Oct. 25 at Santa Anita, especially after the sudden retirements because of injury of Mineshaft mine·shaft n. A vertical or sloping passageway made in the earth for finding or mining ore and ventilating underground excavations. Noun 1. , one of the top older horses, and Empire Maker, the 3-year-old who defeated Funny Cide in the Belmont Stakes. Funny Cide's trainer Barclay Tagg, did not think the horse would be ready for the 1 1/4-mile race. --Perfect Drift, the nation's leading active older thoroughbred in the wake of other horses' recent retirements and injuries, will race in the Breeders' Cup Classic, trainer Murray Johnson told the Daily Racing Form The Daily Racing Form, LLC (DRF) is a broadsheet newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois by Frank Brunell. The paper publishes the past performances of race horses as a statistical service for bettors on horse racing in the United States. . Perfect Drift jockey Pat Day committed to Ten Most Wanted for the Classic BASKETBALL: The Spark' Lisa Leslie was among the first seven players selected for the U.S. women's national basketball team that's expected to compete at the 2004 Athens Games. Also named to the team was DeLisha Milton-Jones of the Sparks. TENNIS: A man accused of killing the half-sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges. The suspect, Aaron Michael Hammer, was scheduled to return to court Oct. 22. BASEBALL: One day after the fourth surgery on his right elbow, Atlanta Braves right-hander John Smoltz, 36, said he would retire before facing another such procedure. --Mark Grace divulged his new career plans, signing a one-year contract to join the Arizona Diamondbacks' broadcast team. --Houston right-hander Roy Oswalt had surgery for a strained right groin and will rest for four weeks before starting strengthening exercises. SOCCER: England's national soccer team dropped its threat to boycott a key 2004 European Championship qualifying game because of star defender Rio Ferdinand's suspension. ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). .: Stuart Appleby birdied the last six holes for a 10-under-par 62 and a share of the lead with Steve Flesch after the first round of the Las Vegas Invitational. ... French middle distance runner Fouad Chouki was suspended for two years for failing a drug test at the World Championships. |
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