Word: jockeying
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...movie has plenty of familiar faces - and voices - for Latin audiences. Ubiquitous L.A. disc jockey El Cucuy blares on the alarm clock, the rock group Kinky sings the corrido "Superman es Ilegal," and the band Los Tigres del Norte pick up a hitchhiking Carlito...
...When Hall of Fame jockey Bill Hartack won his first Kentucky Derby in 1957, he didn't get all the credit. The 23-year-old was the beneficiary of the most famous slipup in Derby history: opponent Bill Shoemaker's misjudging the finish line and slowing prematurely. Yet Hartack--who rode 4,272 winners in 21,535 mounts--proved it was no fluke by becoming one of only two jockeys (the other was Eddie Arcaro) to win the Derby five times. Luck, he later said, had nothing to do with it: "I rode the right horses, and I rode them...
Three's a Crowd. Clinton's rivals jockey with a wary eye on each other...
...disc jockey, a turntablist, a master of wax. He is an opinionated old-school hip-hop head, and a part-time math geek. He is definitely a musician...
...While thoroughbred ownership in Australia and the U.K. is increasingly within reach of commoners, the Hong Kong racing scene is dominated by the rich and connected. Those who want a piece of the action must first be a member of the Jockey Club - joining fees start at $30,000. Membership qualifies you to enter a Byzantine annual lottery in which members compete for roughly 300 spots that give them the right to purchase a horse and have it stabled in the Jockey Club's ritzy training facilities. This is how Lo, the Hong Kong fashion executive, became an owner...