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  2. John McCririck - Wikipedia

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    John Michael McCririck[ 1] (17 April 1940 – 5 July 2019) was an English horse racing pundit, television personality and journalist. McCririck began his career at The Sporting Life, where he twice won at the British Press Awards for his campaigning journalism, but his role was terminated in 1984. In 1981, he joined ITV Sport 's horse racing ...

  3. Cheryl White (jockey) - Wikipedia

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    September 20, 2019. (2019-09-20) (aged 65) Youngstown, Ohio. Career wins. 226 (Thoroughbred racing) Honors. Appaloosa Hall of Fame (2011) Cheryl White (October 29, 1953 — September 20, 2019) was the first African American female horse racing jockey and the first woman to serve as a California horse racing steward.

  4. Oisin Murphy - Wikipedia

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    British flat racing Champion Apprentice (2014) British flat racing Champion Jockey (2019, 2020, 2021) 2000 Guineas. Oisin Murphy (born 6 September 1995) is an Irish jockey based in the United Kingdom who competes in flat racing. He has won two British Classics and a number of Group 1 races. He was British Champion Jockey in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

  5. Racing Post - Wikipedia

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    Launched on 15 April 1986, [1] the Racing Post is a daily national print and digital publisher specializing in the British horse racing industry and horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting. The paper was founded by UAE (United Arab Emirates) Prime Minister and Sheikh of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , a racehorse owner, and edited by Graham Rock, who was replaced by ...

  6. List of driver deaths in motorsport - Wikipedia

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    Post-race Kept racing after the checkered flag, tried to pass a slower car, slid and hit trees [63] Carel Godin de Beaufort (NED) 1964-08-01 Open wheel Porsche 718: Formula One: Nürburgring German Grand Prix: Practice Left the road at Bergwerk, went down an embankment and hit a tree [64] Don Beauman (GBR) 1955-07-09 Open wheel Connaught A Type ...

  7. Charles Graddick - Wikipedia

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    Allegiance. United States. Branch/service. United States Army. Alabama National Guard. Years of service. 1969–1972. Charles Allen Graddick Sr. (born December 10, 1944, in Mobile ), was the 42nd attorney general of Alabama from 1979 to 1987. He later served as a judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court of the U.S. state of Alabama .

  8. List of rider deaths in motorcycle racing - Wikipedia

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    In total, 104 riders have died from incidents that occurred at Grand Prix motorcycle racing events, with Ben Drinkwater being the first in 1949. Three riders died in the 1940s; twenty-nine in the 1950s; twenty-seven in the 1960s; twenty-four in the 1970s; fourteen in the 1980s; two in the 1990s; one in the 2000s; three in the 2010s; and one in ...

  9. Richard Tyson - Wikipedia

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    Tyson was born in Mobile, Alabama. [5] His brother John was the district attorney of Mobile County, and was later the Democratic Party nominee for attorney general of Alabama in 2006. [6] Tyson starred in Three O'Clock High, Kindergarten Cop and three films directed by the Farrelly brothers. He starred in the television series Hardball.