During the Aqueduct winter meeting, horses started breaking down, a lot of them, many more than usual.
The 55-year-old Wilkenfeld can sound like an awed little kid when he talks about visiting his horse on the Aqueduct backstretch.
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Long considered something of a dump, the Aqueduct grandstand will be unrecognizable to those who last saw it as a winter home for the pigeons in Ozone Park.
In 2010, New York's inspector general examined his and other legislative leaders' role in giving a video slot machine contract for the Aqueduct racetrack to a consortium that was later disqualified.
News of the donation came as Mr. Cuomo announced Monday that casino developers would compete to build a gambling hall in or around New York City, now that the Genting deal for the Aqueduct project had collapsed.
Today the quaint yellow bonde - the last streetcar still operating in Rio - continues its run over the old aqueduct (today called the Lapa Arches) and winds its way up into the cobblestone streets of Santa Teresa.
They would choose Aneurin Bevan and Bryn Terfel as ambassadors for the north and see the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Llangollen Bridge as their heritage icons.
The blaze broke out Thursday just north of Powerhouse No. 1, a hydroelectric plant near the Los Angeles Aqueduct, forcing about 200 evacuations in the mountain community of Green Valley.
The area took off in 1896, when the Roman-inspired aqueduct that brought water to the city centre was transformed into tracks for Rio's new electric tram, the bonde.
It tells the story of Marcus Attilius, an engineer in charge of the Aqua Augusta, a vast aqueduct that feeds the towns around the Bay of Naples.
Work is already underway on the 18th Century aqueduct which was recently targeted by vandals and thieves who stole eight stone balustrades.
The telecom industry has gone merger-mad, and what began as a healthy wave of consolidation is starting to sound like a bunch of retired men guessing which horse will win in the fifth at Aqueduct.
That figure included the so-called aqueduct in early December in which two public holidays fell on Tuesday and Thursday of the same week.
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Situated in north-eastern Wales, the 18 kilometre long Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal is a feat of civil engineering of the Industrial Revolution, completed in the early years of the 19th century.
He recently tied for the training title with 110 victories at Aqueduct, his fourth title at the track where his stable is based.
Brits developed part of the area and built an extensive aqueduct for mining, only to abandon it during the Mexican Revolution of 1910.
Vyjack, 15-1 on the Derby morning line, won his first four races, including the Jerome and the Gotham stakes at Aqueduct.
"It's an amazing feeling, an amazing ride, " Wilkenfeld said Monday, two days after Vyjack improved to 4-for-4 by rallying to win the Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct.
He was the first jockey to win nine races in a single day, accomplishing that on Oct. 31, 1987, with mounts at Aqueduct and the Meadowlands.
We traversed the top of a crumbled aqueduct for a few hundred yards, then reached steep rocks devoid of flora or fauna.
Blum also has a share in Aqueduct, which hawks the software used to handle Buy.com's sales and shipments.
To supply the huge reservoirs, miles of aqueduct were constructed and rivers were diverted by fantastic pumping projects dreamed up by top military engineers.
For her part, Ms. Restrepo, of the Rusticae network, says she is resigned to the bridge ban, which includes the suppression of her beloved December aqueduct.
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McNair purchased a 50% interest in Street Life after the horse won his first race, at Aqueduct last month.
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Aerial pictures of a Roman aqueduct show it built north of the wall and right next to a native settlement.
In the only race he won as a 3-year-old, the 2004 Wood Memorial at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack, he rallied from last place and won, despite having a cold.
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And at about 3:45 this afternoon, at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park in Queens, the Jimmy Winkfield Stakes will be run, the only race to be run today that will commemorate the contributions and accomplishments of African-Americans in racing.
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When Aqueduct opens for racing on November 4, the casino will offer restaurants and bars of a type not recently seen at the Big A. It will, said Donk, encourage those already in the game to introduce new people to racing in a comfortable, upscale atmosphere.
During that time, the New York Racing Association, which runs Belmont, Saratoga and Aqueduct, suffered through bankruptcy, an ethics scandal, and a franchise battle.
Aqueduct also called off Saturday's card because of the storm.
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