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  2. Invincible Spirit - Wikipedia

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    The race was won by Malhub, who beat second-placed Danehurst by one and a half lengths. [21] Invincible Spirit's final race was the Sprint Cup at Haydock Park, where he was ridden by John Carroll. Nayyir was the pre-race favourite at 9/2, with Invincible Spirit starting as a 25/1 outsider.

  3. Pigeon racing - Wikipedia

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    Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained homing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance.The time it takes the animal to cover the specified distance is measured and the bird's rate of travel is calculated and compared with all of the other pigeons in the race to determine which animal returned at the highest speed.

  4. 4 Deserts - Wikipedia

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    The races were recognized as the world's leading endurance footrace series by TIME magazine in 2009 and 2010, [2] as the "Ultimate test of human endurance". [3] The series was founded by American Mary K Gadams who founded RacingThePlanet in 2002. The Gobi March, the series' inaugural race, was held in the Gobi Desert of western China in 2003 ...

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  6. Pigeon sport - Wikipedia

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    There are at least four main types of competitive pigeon sport: Pigeon racing; Tumbling; Highflying; Tippler (Endurance) Though not quite a sport, fancy breeds of pigeons are also bred to standards and judged in a competitive fashion. Levi in his book The Pigeon describes all aspects of pigeon keeping.

  7. Richard Migliore - Wikipedia

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    On October 25, 2008, at Santa Anita Park, Migliore won his first Breeders' Cup race, the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint on Desert Code. [ 3 ] On May 4, 2010, he underwent an operation in which two plates and eight screws were inserted into his neck due to a fall from his mount, Honest Wildcat, at Aqueduct on January 23, 2010.

  8. Desert racing - Wikipedia

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    A trophy truck in a desert race (2006). Desert racing is the act of racing through the desert in a two- or four-wheeled off-road vehicle. Races, which generally consist of two or more loops around a course covering up to 4,660 miles (7,500 km), can take the form of Hare and Hound or Hare scramble style events, and are often laid out over a long and harsh track through relatively barren terrain.

  9. Taking On Tyson - Wikipedia

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    The show stars the American boxer Mike Tyson competing in pigeon racing. [1] [2] Animal rights critiques criticized the series as being "animal cruelty." [3] References