God Of Fire, the winner of his three most recent starts for the Kubler operation, and Roger Varian's progressive Debora's Dream are among those listed for the Tattersalls September Sale, which takes place on the 10th of next month. The mixed auction, which has been moved from a late August...

Active Runners Highlight Tattersalls September Sale

Competition has been a running theme throughout the summer. There has been the European Football Championships, Wimbledon and, most recently, the Paris Olympics. On Aug. 16 we will begin to learn whether that same spirit of competition will be on show across the European yearling sales circuit. Arqana's blue-chip August...

Arqana Primed to Launch Europe's Yearling Sales Season

California State

California-bred sons of stallions Smiling Tiger and Union Rags sold for $42,000 each to top the Aug. 13 California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Northern California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale at the Alameda County Fairgrounds. Old English Rancho bred the Smiling Tiger colt (Hip 47) out of the grade...

Two $42,000 Yearlings Top CTBA Northern California Sale

Keeneland has announced that 10 yearlings—colts by Authentic , Constitution , Into Mischief , Maclean's Music , and Uncle Mo along with fillies by Authentic, Curlin , Gun Runner , and Not This Time —have been supplemented to Book 1 of the September Yearling Sale Sept. 9-10. Opening...

Keeneland Announces September Sale Book 1 Supplements

With his 80th birthday less than six months away, Rod Stewart admitted his days are definitely numbered. During a recent interview with The Sun, the rock n’ roll legend stated, “I’m aware my days are numbered but I’ve got no fear. We have all got to pass on at some point, so we are all in the same basket. I am going to be enjoying myself for these last few years as much as I can.”

Rod Stewart Says His ‘Days Are Numbered’ in Heartbreaking Instagram Post

Del Mar, CA

During an Aug. 15 meeting of the California Horse Racing Board at Del Mar, Santa Anita Park general manager Nate Newby outlined the track's desire to use its Tapeta training track during periods of inclement weather. Use of the training track would not take place during its next racing season,...

Santa Anita Explores Inclement Weather Racing on Tapeta

South Carolina State

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Mens Journal

Jane Hogbin recalled the heroic final act performed by her husband, David, moments before he was reportedly eaten by a crocodile.

Widow Recalls Husband’s Heroic Final Act Before Crocodile Attack

San Diego, CA

Del Mar's first post Aug. 16 will shift from 4 p.m. to 3 p.m. PT and remain at that time on Fridays for the balance of the meet, which concludes Sept. 8. The time shift is keyed on the setting of the sun in the San Diego area, which corrects by almost an hour over the course of the summer. Sunset on Opening Day (July 20) was at 7:55 p.m. Sunset on Closing Day (Sept. 8) is 7:04 p.m.

Del Mar Moves Up Friday Post Time

The US Sun

SIR Rod Stewart says he wants to give his beloved model train set to the nation. The Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? singer, 79, has worked on the 1,500sq ft layout for two decades. Father-of-eight Rod told The Sun that he had not put it in his will for his family. Instead, he revealed he […]

Rod Stewart reveals plans for his ‘magnificent’ model railway after spending thousands on kooky hobby

Previous Home Office plans would have seen the hotel used by migrants

Hotel could be used to house homeless people

More than 10,000 illicit cigarettes have been seized from three shops in East Yorkshire. Officers from East Riding of Yorkshire Council's trading standards team raided stores in Beverley, Hornsea and Driffield. As well as cigarettes, 6kg (13lbs) of hand rolled tobacco and a "substantial number" of illegal vapes were also...

Thousands of illicit cigarettes seized

The theatre's appeal against a Planning Enforcement Notice was dismissed on Tuesday.

Theatre boss 'heartbroken' by planning decision

A vape shop has been ordered to close for three months after an investigation by Wiltshire Council. Red Power Market Ltd, on Minster Street, Salisbury, was served a closure notice by Trading Standards on Saturday. Officers said they had seized several illegal vape and tobacco products from the shop, and...

Vape shop ordered to close due to illegal sales

The search for a retired doctor who fell while hiking in the Pyrenees has been called off. Tom Doherty, 67, from St Albans, Hertfordshire, was travelling and camping solo in the Lot-et-Garonne region of southern France. The prosecutor's office in Foix told Agence France Presse: "Search operations have been suspended....

Search for hiker missing in the Pyrenees called off

Ohio State

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On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Polk County, FL

Fort Meade, FL

Uncovering Florida

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

Los Angeles County, CA

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It's been 33 years since the handsome actor and Emmy award-winning TV game show host Bert Convy died of a brain tumor at 57 in 1991. This is his story. Bert Convy was born July 23, 1933, in St. Louis, Missouri. His father was in the shoe business, while his parents separated when he was just seven years old. His mother moved the family to California in the San Fernando Valley, where Convy attended North Hollywood High and was named the "class clown."

In Memory of Actor/Game Show Host Bert Convy: 33 Years After His Tragic Death From Brain Cancer

The Independent

Helicopters and dogs have been drafted in to help in the search for a retired British doctor who sent messages asking for help before disappearing in the French mountains.Tom Doherty, 67 and from St Albans, was hiking and camping near Col d’Escots in the French Pyrenees when his family lost contact with him almost 48 hours ago on Tuesday.The family said he sent messages asking for help on WhatsApp before disappearing, telling them he had fallen and could not move. His daughter, Rachel Doherty, said the family last heard from Mr Doherty at 7.07pm before they lost communication. “He was...

Urgent appeal to find British doctor missing in French mountains after messages pleading for help

The troubled tale of the Georgian property which helped to inspire JM Barrie's most famous work.

The rise and fall of the Peter Pan mansion

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Inaugural Magic Millions Virtual Sale Set for Aug. 27

Group 3-winning juvenile Steel City, a half sister to dual group 1-winning sprinter September Run, will be offered at the inaugural Magic Millions' Virtual Sale. The...

Inaugural Magic Millions Virtual Sale Set for Aug. 27

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