Bred for Edge, Greatest Racers May Have Handicaps

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ROBERT SIEGEL
NPR All Things Considered
06-04-2008
Bred for Edge, Greatest Racers May Have Handicaps

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time 21:00-22:00 PM

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ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.

This Saturday, a horse will attempt to do what no horse has done in 30 years - win the Triple Crown. Big Brown has already won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness; still, the story of the year's most important thoroughbred races has not been altogether happy.

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Mr. TOM HAMMOND (NBC Sports): But a sad end of the race, Eight Belles, ...

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