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Article by Todd Sidor: Often in sports, success is premised on luck and having the wherewithal to call an audible when necessary. In the National Football League, for instance, a quarterback calling an audible can mean the difference between punting, a first down, or sometimes a touchdown. In European football, a wisely timed substitution can make the difference between winning and losing.

Sponsored by: C Z Rocket (outside) defeats Flagstaff in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship The last time C Z Rocket ran at Oaklawn, the gelding was on a 10-race losing streak and in for a $40,000 claiming price. C Z Rocket may have lost again last April, but Southern California-based trainer Peter Miller and owner Tom Kagele won big after claiming the gelding out of his fifth-place finish. C Z Rocket captured his next five starts before his streak was snapped with a runner-up finish ...

Champions Monomoy Girl, Essential Quality Return To Fair Grounds To Prepare For Next Engagements Sponsored by: Monomoy Girl and Florent Geroux winning the Bayakoa Stakes at Oaklawn Champions Monomoy Girl and Essential Quality left Oaklawn in Hot Springs, Ark., late Tuesday morning after successful 2021 debuts over the weekend for Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox. Assistant trainer Jorgito Abrego, who oversees Coxs Oaklawn division, said Monomoy Girl and Essential Quality were v...

Sponsored by: Monomoy Girl preparing for her return to the races in the Bayakoa Stakes If Monomoy Girl were a boy and a prospect for the 2015 NFL Draft, the evaluation probably wouldnt have been overly flattering. Monomoy Girl was by Tapizar, not Tapit, purchased at the 2016 Keeneland September Yearling Sale for $100,000 not $1 million and debuted on the grass in September 2017 at Indiana Grand, not Saratoga. But her story mirrors that quarterback from the University of Michigan, deem...

In the near term, the team will be known as Albany NLL and will begin play in 2021-22.

Needs Supervision Could Play Upset Card In Barbara Fritchie Sponsored by: Needs Supervision Encouraged by her most recent effort, trainer Jerry ODwyer is giving Howling Pigeon Farms, Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable and Madaket Stables multiple stakes winner Needs Supervision another shot at graded success in Saturdays $250,000 Runhappy Barbara Fritchie (G3) at Laurel Park. The 69th running of the Fritchie for fillies and mares 4 and older and the 45th edition of the $250,000 General Georg...

It’s been a good 2020 for John Thaler, who decided to stage a comeback in January after shutting down JAT Capital in 2015. After delivering eye-popping returns so far this year, Thaler’s new firm, Hampton Road Capital Management, is forming a strategic relationship with Leucadia Asset Management, the asset management division of Jefferies Financial Group. Leucadia will invest capital in Hampton Road’s long-short equity strategy, which is focused on technology, media, telecommunications, a...

Leucadia Asset Management Announces Strategic Relationship with Hampton Road Capital Management Leucadia Asset Management, the asset management division of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF), today announced a strategic relationship with Hampton Road Capital Management LP ("Hampton Road"), a fundamental long/short equity firm focused on investing in the technology, media, telecom ("TMT") and consumer sectors globally. In connection with the transaction, Leucadia Asset Management will in...