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Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky., Rich Suwanski column: Lawyer Ron is primed for run in Breeders' Cup Classic.(Column)
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Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY)
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October 10, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 Messenger-Inquirer. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Rich Suwanski
Oct. 10--Lawyer Ron reverted to his headstrong 3-year-old ways a week ago Sunday when he finished second in the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park in New York.
Rather than stay off the early pace like he's been trained this year, Lawyer Ron wanted to go to the front of the 11/4-mile race, and jockey John Velazquez, had to restrain him to stay with the game plan. In the process, Lawyer Ron probably used up too much energy fighting his jockey and Curlin won by a neck.
"We felt there was a chance he'd be rank like that," said Ron Bamberger, the executor of the James T. Hines Jr. Estate which co-owns the 4-year-old colt with Stonewall ...
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