11.   For the fans near the heaters and TV screens, a muddy track might be a challenging complexity, an amusing part of racing lore.

12.   He had never before raced or even trained on a muddy track.

13.   His stolen car was trapped on a muddy track in the woods near Neufchateau, and his prisoners had run away.

14.   It was not the usual muddy track.

15.   Our minivan then followed his truck out of the village and crisscrossed vineyards cut back since autumn along a web of muddy tracks.

16.   Over the years the road has been just a muddy track with ruts and huge potholes.

17.   Rainouts are rare in horse racing, and almost unthinkable at Hollywood Park, which used to go years between muddy tracks at its spring-summer meeting.

18.   Since the grandstands were packed, we joined the crowd next to the muddy track where about a dozen junkers stripped of glass and chrome were sliding into position.

19.   Some great horses have been hopeless on muddy tracks.

20.   Still, the Rockets have persisted in humoring him, covering his muddy tracks and apologizing for his social gaffes.