The department offers three other week-long summer camps designed to acquaint campers with rural Loudoun, said Lucas, who has worked with its youth programs for nine years. Fun on the Farm introduces them to a variety of businesses, including llama, goat and horse farms. Before going to the camp, she had seen horses only from the back seat of her family's car during a road trip through the Midwest. Along the way, they learn about such topics as horse grooming and breeding and dog...

In many cases, the so-called racinos have attracted people and money, but critics say horse racing ends up taking a back seat to other forms of gambling. They chomp on thick cigars and use cheap plastic pens to circle past performance times, jockey weights, and odds on horses with names like Thunda Bolt, Struggling Swan, and Mr. It's not a destination point," said Menino, who added that he's "never sat there on a Saturday and tried to figure out which horse is going to win the third race....

Find www.app.com stories from the past week as well as calendar events, classifieds, advertisements, Yellow Page listings, local Web sites and more all in one search. Street Sense simply Jim Dandy in victory Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 07/30/07 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense began his second season with a first-rate performance, pulling away in the stretch and winning the $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes on Sunday at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N. Street Sense simply Jim...

The Charleston trainer is scheduled to drive seven horses in the first of five days of racing at the fairgrounds. As in the past, pick-a-winner contests are to run throughout the week with the fair board to give $100 to one winner at the end of each day of racing. They go into a queue to be moderated and may take several hours to be reviewed. General admission for the races throughout the week is free with box seats being sold at $6 each. Mule races are added to the regular harness events...

Altonaga said in her 26-page decision that she could not find sufficient legal connection between the two Emirates leaders and their business interests in the United States to permit the lawsuit to move forward. Attorneys for the children argued that the sheiks had extensive horse racing interests in Kentucky and Florida that provided a sufficient U. Altonaga found that the corporations were legally separate entities from the sheiks. None of the children or their parents lives in the...