Nehro still looking for big win

06/10/11 Nehro got beat by 23/4 lengths in the Run for the Roses, and the only horse that beat him was Animal Kingdom. Except for a maiden win at Oaklawn Park on Feb. 21, Nehro has not visited the winner's circle. [...] he has been competitive. Besides his second in the Kentucky Derby, he did the same in the Arkansas Derby and the Louisiana Derby. Steve Asmussen, the colt's trainer, was standing outside ...

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Thursday To-Do: Chubby Checker

06/15/11 CHUBBY CHECKER 7 p.m., Oaklawn Park, Hot Springs. $20. Although everybody knows the Jitterbug and the Charleston and the Mashed Potato and Macarena and the Stanky Leg, there's little doubt that the Twist was the ultimate dance craze, evidenced by the multiple chart-topping singles it spawned in the early '60s. Though the original "Twist" was written and first recorded by Hank Ballard, of ...

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KY approves new kind of horse betting

07/15/11 The game is known as Instant Racing at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas, where it has been a strong moneymaker since it began a decade ago.

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