RETIREMENT IMMINENT FOR RICKS NATURAL STAR.Byline: Daily News The saga of Ricks Natural Star - a dark comedy - apparently is over. The cheap horse who gained notoriety when he was entered in the Breeders' Cup Turf The Breeders' Cup Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for three-year-olds and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. The race's current title sponsor is John Deere. last year was claimed out of a $7,500 race at Turf Paradise in Phoenix on Sunday. The new owner, Larry Weber, said he ``plans to retire the horse,'' and would issue a prepared statement today. Ricks Natural Star, who was owned by William Livingston William Livingston (November 30, 1723 – July 25, 1790) served as the Governor of New Jersey (1776–1790) during the American Revolution and was a signer of the United States Constitution. Livingston was the son of Philip Livingston and was born in Albany. , a veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. with little racetrack experience, finished last in the Breeders' Cup Turf at Woodbine woodbine, name for several vines, among them honeysuckle and Virginia creeper. woodbine Any of many species of vines belonging to various flowering-plant families, especially the Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia, family Vitaceae) of , where he was hopelessly overmatched. He raced at Los Alamitos in November, finishing sixth in a seven-horse field. He finished eighth of 10 at 12-1 odds in Sunday's race. |
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