Haras d'Etreham was top of the pops last year at the Arqana August Sale when selling a Dubawi (Ire) half-sister to the Group 1-winning duo of Wooded (Ire) and Bucanero Fuerte (Fr) for €2.4m to Oliver St Lawrence on behalf of Victorious Racing. Now named Battle Rhythm (GB), she has been assigned to trainer William Haggas.

The Arqana Lowdown: Haras d'Etreham

Del Mar, CA

He faced just three rivals but, with the way he ran, Getaway Car (Curlin) looked as though a full field wouldn't be a problem in taking the GIII Best Pal Stakes at Del Mar Sunday afternoon. Honored as a 'TDN Rising Star' for his 3 1/4-length debut performance over five furlongs July 20, the 1-5 favorite had an extra furlong to work with in the jump up to graded stakes company for trainer Bob Baffert.

'TDN Rising Star' Getaway Car An Easy Winner In Best Pal

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

Los Angeles, CA

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Dennis the Menace actor Jay North is now 73 years old. This is his story. On August 3, 1951, Jay North was born Jay Waverly North, Jr., in Los Angeles, and seven years later, began acting on TV on shows like Wanted: Dead or Alive, and 77 Sunset Strip.

Former Childstar Jay North (TV's 'Dennis the Menace') Turns 73

Richardson breezed past her competition to anchor the United States to relay gold. Sha'Carri Richardson finally has her Olympic gold medal. The United States took gold in the women's 4x100-meter relay thanks to an epic anchor leg from its best sprinter. Richardson took the baton from 200-meter gold medalist Gabby Thomas several meters behind her competition. No matter, she swiftly breezed by Great Britain's Daryll Neita and Germany's Rebekka Haase to take command. She was so far out in front at the end, that she had time to look around and admire just how big her lead was.

Sha'Carri Richardson Brings United States Back to Win 4x100-Meter Relay

Twelve years the leading consignor at Arqana's August Sale, and usually in October, too, Ecurie des Monceaux will bring 39 yearlings on the short journey from its Normandy base to the sale paddocks in Deauville. Regulars at Arqana cannot fail to be familiar with the Monceaux brand. Its draft occupies...

The Arqana Lowdown: Ecurie des Monceaux

World number one Jannik Sinner is knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Canadian Open by Andrey Rublev.

Rublev too good for Sinner at Canadian Open

Cooking With Maryann

Maybe it's just me, but it's not summer until I get to eat crab cakes! Don't let this recipe intimitate you! It's really not difficult, just takes a little bit of prep time in the fridge.

Delicious Crab Cakes!

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Three gold medals in track and field at Saint-Denis, France, on Thursday raised the United States’ total haul to 30

Olympics medal count today: See where the United States stands on Friday at 2024 Paris Olympics

Tampa, FL

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Jacksonville, FL

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Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

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(MA) Meet Angel August, a small Yorkie and Chihuahua mix pup who could really use your help moving...into your house! Angel recently came into Great Dog Rescue New England's care after an unexpected tragedy. Although she has been an owned pup her whole life, sadly Angel's owner passed away. Now safely in rescue care, Angel is patiently waiting for the next chapter of her life to begin. Will you help her write it?

Little Yorkshire Terrier Who Lost Her Owner Now Looking For Love

Josie Carroll recorded her 1,000th career win as a trainer in Sunday's fourth race at Woodbine when the 4-year-old Tapit gelding Spinzar won for LNJ Foxwoods. Carroll, who became the first woman to trainer a King's Plate winner in 2006, also trained this year's Woodbine Oaks winner. Horses racing out of the Josie Carroll barn include names such as two-time Canadian Horse of the Year Mighty Heart (Dramedy), Careless Heart (Stormin Fever), champion 2-year-old colt Avie's Flatter (Flatter), Ami's Holiday (Harlan's Holiday) and champion 3-year-old colt Ami's Gizmo (Giant Gizmo). Carroll has earned nearly $59m in purse earnings with 176 stakes wins and 59 graded wins. She was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2019.

Hall of Famer Josie Carroll Reaches 1,000 Training Wins

Luke Littler is thrashed 8-1 by Gerwyn Price in the 2024 Australian Darts Masters final in Wollongong.

Price thrashes Littler 8-1 in Australian Masters final

New York City, NY

The first of two sessions of the Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearlings Sale will begin Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. ET after originally being scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. The change was necessitated by the postponement of the GI FanDuel Fourstardave Handicap and GI Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes from Saturday to now be run as the final two races on Sunday's program at 6:16 p.m. and 6:49 p.m., respectively. The two races were supposed to take place last Saturday, but were rescheduled due to heavy rainfall.

Start Of Fasig-Tipton NY-Bred Sale Pushed Back By 30 Minutes

When the dust settled at Ascot on Saturday, the Ladies Team had eked out a victory in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup for a fifth time since a female team was first introduced in 2012. Consisting of Hayley Turner, who had earned her third Alistair Haggis Silver Saddle Award,...

Ladies Team Takes Shergar Cup, As Turner Wins Third Silver Saddle

The New York Racing Association was crafty in pushing back the Fourstardave Handicap (G1T) by a day due to the prospect of a soggy turf course on Aug. 10. But you can't fool Mother Nature. Carl Spackler (IRE), ch, 4/c. Lope de Vega (IRE) — Zindaya, by More Than Ready...

Carl Spackler Aces First Grade 1 Test in Fourstardave

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 Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen was “rushed to hospital” after being forced to pull out of the closing ceremony due to illness having been in line to carry his nation’s flag.Wiffen secured gold in the 800 metres freestyle at La Defense Arena, making history as the first Irish man to win an Olympic gold in the pool.He subsquently added a bronze medal in the 1,500m freestyle, before entering and completing the first open water event of his career, eventually finishing 18th after a gruelling 10km swim through the River Seine.But Wiffen has now revealed that he became “very unwell” ahead...

Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen ‘rushed to hospital’ after pulling out of flagbearer role at closing ceremony

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To increase the genetic diversity of an island population of grizzly bears , Wyoming and Montana wildlife managers recently worked together to import fresh bloodlines into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Two Montana grizzly bears trucked to Wyoming to bolster genetic diversity, help states’ delisting case

Baton Rouge, LA

SAINT-DENIS, France — Sha’Carri Richardson’s golden moment has arrived. Denied a spot on the U.S. Olympic team in Tokyo three years ago because of a suspension, blocked from the gold medal in the women’s 100-meter dash earlier in these Paris Olympics, the former LSU sprinter finally reached the top step on the podium Friday night as she anchored the United States’ victorious women’s 4x100-meter relay team at the Stade de France.

LSU sprinting great Sha'Carri Richardson clinches gold for the U.S. in Olympic 4x100 meters

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Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued a state of emergency in Northeast Florida and across much of the state as a tropical system appears almost certain to develop. The National Hurricane Center said Friday morning that a tropical wave has a 90% chance of developing into at least a tropical depression over the next seven days. Most models show it moving into the Gulf of Mexico and then coming ashore and crossing the state, possibly moving over Northeast Florida.

Tropical system is nearly certain to develop

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Trikari Brilliant In Secretariat

NEW KENT COUNTY, VA — It would have been no surprise had trainer Graham Motion elected to run Amerman Racing's Trikari (Oscar Performance) in Sunday's rescheduled...

Trikari Brilliant In Secretariat

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