Ryan Fitzpatrick's no longer a Bill, Dwight Freeney's out as a Colt, Mike Wallace as a Steeler and Nnamdi Asomugha as an Eagle.
But in the case of a colt with a potentially stellar stud career ahead of him, you know, you had to try everything.
He won the 2, 000 Guineas at Newmarket for trainer Aidan O'Brien on Rock of Gibraltar, a colt owned by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
While surprising that an A-list player such as Manning is not under contract in a couple months, it is hard to envision a scenario where he is not a Colt.
Far from the farmer bearing the heartache of a colt dying in his arms or poor weather wiping out a crop, he has somehow managed to transfer the risk to you.
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Last year, following the birth of her first foal, a colt, Rachel Alexandra also spent time at Rood and Riddle for what was described as a precautionary measure for pain management after her delivery.
Ironically enough, when Colt went into bankruptcy in 1844, a Texas Ranger named Walker met with Samuel Colt and helped him redesign the Texas Paterson as a heavier model called the Colt Walker.
In paradisal green Devon, a clean-limbed English youth, Albert (Jeremy Irvine), raises a bay colt he calls Joey.
In paradisal green Devon, a clean-limbed English youth, Albert (Jeremy Irvine), raises a bay colt, Joey, and then follows him into the slaughterhouse of the First World War.
"I am personally inviting you and your company to come to the great state of Mississippi, " Gunn wrote in a letter to Colt's Manufacturing Co.
The Wood was a final prep before the Derby on May 4, and Pletcher got exactly what he wanted out of his talented colt, a son of More Than Ready.
For astute handicappers, that was a sign that the colt was rounding into top form.
Jockey Edgar Prado pulled the powerful colt to a halt, jumped off and awaited medical assistance.
The other central character in "Luck" is trainer-owner and breeder Walter Smith (Nick Nolte), who has poured all his hope and plenty of fear into a big, fast colt who is linked to Smith's clouded past.
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Currently, he is the owner of Uncle Mo, a three-year old Colt favored to win the Kentucky Derby.
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The points on the 49ers continue to drop as fanatic Colt fans are in a betting frenzy.
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Fidelity parent FMR Corp. controls just over half of Colt Telecom Group , a publicly traded London outfit that operates high-capacity networks in Europe.
With a proven record in biotechnology investments, Colt Ventures hopes to make maximum use of the stallion's banked semen.
Accompanied into the parade ring by a phalanx of policemen, the great colt looked far more relaxed than either his trainer or his jockey, Tom Queally.
Three weeks ago, Baffert took Santa Anita Derby runner-up Flashback out of consideration because of a knee injury that will sideline the colt at least two months.
After moving outside to surge past pacesetter Super Ninety Nine on the final turn, the brown colt held off Flashback for a one-length victory that came just hours before Louisville rallied past Wichita State 72-68 in a national semifinal in Atlanta.
The 2004 feature "Wimbledon" starred Kirsten Dunst as Lizzie Bradbury, a single-minded American tennis star who finds love in the form of a less than dedicated British player Peter Colt (Paul Bettany), who inspired by Bradbury does the impossible by winning the men's singles.
The central problem is that Fidelity employees could not unload their positions in Colt because, as part of a partnership, they were illiquid.
The decision was announced after the colt had tests on Wednesday morning following a workout the previous day.
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Normandy Invasion is one of the 11 never to have run on an off track but trainer Chad Brown hoped this morning that his colt would take to the possibility of a sloppy surface.
The company recently got a reprieve when a British judge rejected a lawsuit by hedge fund Highberry Ltd. to declare Colt bankrupt.
For months after a brilliant two-year-old season, the colt, bought by Derby-admiring racehorse owner Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai for his wife Princess Haya, was favourite for the Classic.
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