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Chapple-Hyam overjoyed as Guineas runner-up Saffron Beach shows her quality By Andy Stephens@StevoGG Saffron Beach had finished runner-up in the QIPCO 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on Sunday. The Newmarket trainer is hugely respected among her peers but has never trained anything more significant than a Group Three winner. A near-miss in one of the season s most prestigious races gave her a huge thrill. Can you just say that again, that sounded good! she said to Racing TV s Tom Stanley after he had begun his interview with her by saying Saffron Beach had finished second in the Guineas. “What can I say? Aidan O’Brien is just a genius, she added. He is hard to take on and I can’t wait for him to retire! ....
Not that I never quarrel with McMurtry. He sometimes harbors a touch too much romanticism, especially in his early work. His women strike me as a bit much, too heroic and long-suffering and strong. Too good. He sees ’em tough, but seldom does he see ’em mean. And Texas probably has as many mean, bitchy, neurotic women as any place on earth, with the possible exception of Manhattan; there, of course, they’ve gathered from all points of the compass, while our own crop is largely homegrown. McMurtry recognizes their ability to fight back, to survive in tough country, and knows that Texas women may often be stronger than their men. But I think he misses the extent to which large numbers purely enjoy wrecking and plundering and flashing their stingers. ....
SUMMARY William Lee was the enslaved valet of George Washington for nearly two decades. Purchased by Washington in 1768, when he was at least sixteen years old, Lee was assigned to household work at Mount Vernon and accompanied Washington when he traveled, including during the American Revolution (1775–1783). The war made Lee, who often rode alongside Washington, well-known to both American and British soldiers. Although Lee was initially taken to New York at the start of Washington’s first presidential term in 1789, old injuries to his knees limited his mobility. Lee appears to have married twice and had at least one child, whose identity is unknown. In 1790 he was sent back to Virginia and assigned to make shoes for the plantation. Washington valued Lee’s service and loyalty. In his 1799 will, he ordered that Lee be freed immediately at his death and provided a $30 annual pension. As a free man, Lee remained at Mount Vernon until his own death, which sources suggest to ....
WIN: All three of Limerick GAA’s jerseys could be yours! Reporter: news@limerickleader.ie Limerick footballer Iain Corbett along with Limerick hurlers Aaron Gillane and Kyle Hayes at the launch of the new Limerick GAA kits for 2021 which could be yours | PICTURE: Diarmuid Greene ); ); The Limerick Leader, in association with Limerick GAA, are offering readers a chance to win all three of Limerick s new-look jerseys. To be in with a chance to win all of the 2021 jerseys, just see page 37 of this week’s sport section in our broadsheet edition. The home, away and commemorative jerseys, produced by O Neills, are going to be the must-have item this summer as Limerick GAA embark on what is set to be a rip-roaring summer of sport. ....
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