1.   Celtics coach Rick Pitino has business ventures ranging from being pitchman for Citizens Bank to investing in a thoroughbred race horse and marketing a line of pasta and sauces.

2.   Every November the Melbourne Cup thoroughbred race shuts down both countries for a day in the manner of the unofficial American holiday that surrounds the Super Bowl.

3.   For those who wager upon the outcome of thoroughbred races, this means you.

4.   He owns two large estates, a yacht and several thoroughbred race horses.

5.   Hollywood Park, based in Inglewood, California, owns the Hollywood Park Race Track, site of the Breeder Cup thoroughbred race, and the Hollywood Park Casino.

6.   If this had been any other American thoroughbred race, War Emblem would have been considered a strong contender and might have been favored.

7.   In exchange, Sam Houston agreed to drop the requirement limiting Trinity Meadows to four thoroughbred races during that time.

8.   NBC beat ABC, which has carried the Triple Crown thoroughbred races for many years.

9.   Primarily because of Julie Krone, female jockeys are no longer a curiosity at thoroughbred race tracks.

10.   The farm also turned out thoroughbred race horses, polo ponies and show horses.