On
Wednesday, May 4th, Belmont Park will celebrate its centennial
with parties and prizes for those
who make the trek to the bucolic
430-acre park located in Long Island's Nassau County.com/belmontstakes
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The Utah Quarter Horse Association (UQHA) prepares to kick off its
2005 racing season
with five race days in Utah, running April 30th - June
18th. Participants will learn how to care
for horses,
witness race preparations, and discuss riding tips with the jockeys.
Children four
and under get in free when accompanied by an adult.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Get ready to make tracks to the
Laurel Brown Equestrian Park
in South Jordan to witness the fastest sport on
earth. The UQHA's goal is to promote and stimulate
the racing
events, shows, youth activities, trail rides, sales and ownership of Quarter
Horses
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"Belmont is a unique place, there's nothing like Belmont Park,"
said Hall of Fame
jockey Jorge Velasquez. There are no membership
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As part of its annual Triple Crown Challenge, All
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offering free bets on the Kentucky Derby as well as free bets on the
other two
jewels of the Triple Crown, the Preakness and Belmont
Stakes. Features include
kids stick horse
races, kids foot races, and free race track orientation
tours.
Specialized breeds were
developed over the centuries to produce racehorses that could either run the farthest (the Arabian)
, the fastest (the Thoroughbred), the quickest (the American Quarter Horse), or out-trot anything on
four legs (the Standardbred).
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Secretariat set a world-record that still stands for the mile
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The UQHA Horse Races will be held at the Laurel
Brown Equestrian Park in
South Jordan, located at 10800 South 2200 West. General Admission is $4
.m. The result was the promotion of an unparallel level of refinement in the selection of various racing
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"When I walked in, I said,
`Wow! What a beautiful place.' It
suited my style, you know, coming
off the pace, so I enjoyed it very much, I loved to ride here.
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Members
have the ability to place wagers online or over the telephone on over
100 racetracks
including Churchill Downs, Del Mar, Philadelphia Park,
Pimlico Race Course and Belmont Park. Real
time audio and video feeds
are available for hundreds of races each day.
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Another race season feature is Youth Day, a program
held on June 18th that
encourages awareness and participation in Quarter Horse racing activities
for
high-school aged kids.
"We are pleased to offer a number of new programs and activities
for horse
race fans this year," said Billy Peterson, UQHA Director.
Known officially as
'The Sport of Kings', this exciting horse sport spans venues from turf to dirt tracks to hurtles, and
a variety of distances ranging from short, explosive quarter mile tracks to races covering miles at
a stretch.
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But, thanks to
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The Belmont Stakes is the third jewel of
horse racing's Triple
Crown.
Members and visitors have free access to From the Horse's Mouth,
by Greg Melikov, special Allhorseracing. In addition, the UQHA will hold dog races on two separate
race days. It is now one of the most widely attended spectator sports in
the United States.
About the Utah Quarter Horse Association (UQHA)
The purpose of the UQHA is to develop
positive participation in Quarter
Horse activities in Utah with cooperation from the American Quarter
Horse
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"It will allow us
to better serve the fans
, educate people on Quarter Horses, and of course show
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com, a privately held international gaming
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in the Opening Day celebrations at Belmont
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With operations in Ireland, Canada, Venezuela, Antigua and Nevis,
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More information on Belmont
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be found at http://www.com. Especially popular in the southwestern
United States,
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that last approximately 20 seconds.
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