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  2. Champion Hurdle - Wikipedia

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    The sixth and most recent mare to win the race was Honeysuckle, the winner of the 2021 and 2022 renewals. The last triple winner of the Champion Hurdle was Istabraq, whose successes came in 1998, 1999 and 2000. In the early weeks of 2001 he was the odds-on favourite to win the race again, for an unprecedented fourth time.

  3. Up North Combine - Wikipedia

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    This showed officials and convoy organisers discuss arrangements for the trip to the Vaux-Usher International Gold Tankard Pigeon Race which involved the transport of some 19,000 birds. [ 1 ] Tommy Newton of the Houghton Federation was the owner of the winner of the first race from Lille they organised in 2000, the first winner from that club ...

  4. 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.

  5. List of winners of Triple Crown of Motorsport races - Wikipedia

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    As of 2024, 261 drivers from 23 different countries have won a Triple Crown race and only Graham Hill has completed the Triple Crown. [3] Tom Kristensen has won the most Triple Crown races with nine victories, all at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which is a record for the most victories at the event; Hill claimed two fewer in total, including five ...

  6. Free colonoscopies and million dollar paydays: How countries ...

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    Don’t feel too sorry for Hong Kong’s two bronze medalists, as they were rewarded with HK$1.5 million (over $190,000) for their efforts. All the medal winners can also look forward to free ...

  7. DARPA Prize Competitions - Wikipedia

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    The $1 million prize went unclaimed as no vehicles could complete the difficult desert route from Barstow, CA, to Primm, NV, on March 13, 2004. A year later, on October 8, 2005, the Stanford Racing Team won the $2 million prize during the second competition of the Grand Challenge in the desert Southwest near the California/Nevada state line. [3]

  8. Best in the Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Best In The Desert Racing Association (BITD) is an American desert off-road racing association, based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. It was founded by Casey Folks in 1984, [1] [2] [3] and is currently owned by his sons Daryl and Bryan Folks. The BITD was originally a motorcycle-only series, until the Vegas To Reno, the longest off-road race in ...

  9. MLB to start using ABS challenge system full-time at Triple-A ...

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    The league sent a memo to minor-league club directors on Tuesday announcing that starting on June 25, all Triple-A games will use the ABS challenge system full time, according to ESPN’s Jesse ...