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Hawthorne Gold Cup  -  27 Sep 2008
Brisnet.com...with graded stakes winners FAIRBANKS (Giant's Causeway) and MAGNA GRADUATE (Honor Grades) leading the way. While neither one has been great in 2008,

HORSE RACING  -  27 Sep 2008
Las Vegas Review - Journal,Worth Repeating - Most are trying turf for the first time; in that case, the pedigree means a great deal, by Giant's Causeway.

'Henry' can cruise in QEII  -  27 Sep 2008
Irish Independent,The daughter of Giant's Causeway has looked capable of winning in this grade for a while, and her latest attempt at Newmarket, in a better quality race,

Weather May Help Stalingrad in Kelso  -  27 Sep 2008
BloodHorse,The 6-year-old son of Giant's Causeway set the pace and led in the final yards of the Aug. 3 Oceanport (gr. IIIT) before losing by a nose to Silver Tree.

American tourist rescued at Giant's Causeway  -  Sep 17, 2008
Ballymoney Times,By Staff reporter AN American tourist was rescued at the Giant's Causeway on Sunday evening by Ambulance and Coastguard personnel.

The amazing basalt columns in the Penghu archipelago  -  Sep 24, 2008
China Post,...of my native Britain) of the extraordinary natural formations of Fingal's Cave and the Giant's Causeway in Scotland and Northern Island respectively.

Northern Ireland, you really don't want to become the Texas of Europe  -  Sep 23, 2008
ScienceBlogs...claiming "it can stand scientific scrutiny", and what's this about trying to label the Giant's Causeway with a creationist explanation?

Climbers rescued from cliff edge  -  Sep 16, 2008
BBC News,It is understood that they were on a cliff close to Dunseverick Castle and the Giant's Causeway on Tuesday evening. The Coastguard and a Royal Navy

Walk of the Week: White Park Bay  -  Sep 12, 2008
Belfast Telegraph,Drive time: Belfast 1.15 hrs, Giant's Causeway 10mins. Exit the car park and be careful not to trespass into the youth hostel grounds.

Putting their Troubles behind them  -  Sep 12, 2008
Minneapolis Star Tribune,Along the rugged northern coast of County Antrim is the Giant's Causeway, a treasured landmark and World Heritage Site spanning 2 miles.

£6m plan for historic cliff walk  -  Sep 10, 2008
BBC News,By Arthur Strain In its hey-day it was a tourist attraction to rival the Giant's Causeway, but the public has been barred from walking the majestic Gobbins

Filly out of Playful Act early top seller  -  Sep 8, 2008
The Associated PressThe bay filly by Giant's Causeway sold Monday for $850000 to John Warren's Highclere Thoroughbred Racing out of England. The filly's dam, Playful Act,

THREE-YEAR-OLD DIARY  -  Sep 24, 2008
Brisnet.comMarathon preps -- Saturday's Hawthorne Gold Cup will feature a couple of logical contenders, FAIRBANKS (Giant's Causeway) and MAGNA GRADUATE (Honor Grades),

Defense Rockets to Victory  -  Sep 14, 2008
BloodHorse,Three Giant's Causeway colts have been entered, Hold Me Back (Giant's Causeway - Restraint by Unbridled's Song), Il Terrazzo (Giant's Causeway - Two Item

Irish citizens pessimistic about American identity  -  Sep 18, 2008
Johns Hopkins News-Letter,Near enough to the Giant's Causeway, it attracts tourists who arrive on the daily bus from Belfast. It was late at night in Ballintoy, and I was sitting

Marlang never challenged in Saranac  -  Aug 31, 2008
Brisnet.comMr Maccool (Giant's Causeway) and Schopenhauer (Giant's Causeway) were with withdrawn. Marlang has won for the third time in four turf tries, including the

WHEELS UP AT NOON  -  Aug 29, 2008
Brisnet.comHe was beaten less than three lengths by subsequent multiple Grade 2 winner Red Giant (Giant's Causeway) over this course last year, finished three lengths

Oak Tree brings out Breeders' Cup hopefuls on Saturday  -  Sep 24, 2008
Brisnet.comSix rivals will line up against the Julio Canani trainee, including multiple Grade 2 winners RED GIANT (Giant's Causeway) and OUT OF CONTROL (Brz) (Vettori)

Fashionable Females Available at This Week’s Sydney Sale  -  Sep 24, 2008
Virtual Form Guide,Breeders looking for new broodmares at the sale will also find representatives of More Than Ready,Testa Rossa, Hussonet, Tale of the Cat, Giant's Causeway,

Hawthorne Gold Cup: Fairbanks Wants More  -  Sep 24, 2008
BloodHorse,The 5-year-old son of Giant's Causeway finished runner-up in the Bill Hartack Memorial Handicap (gr. III) at Hawthorne prior to that, and in fact,

Grade II Winners Clash in Clement Hirsch  -  Sep 24, 2008
BloodHorse,The consistent 4-year-old son of Giant's Causeway, who had been off for 10 months, will have the services of Pletcher's first-call jockey, John Velazquez.

The Irish giant John Cotter, who made a career out of exhibiting ...  -  Sep 5, 2008
Irish Times,...he had certainly been a sensation, with the Haymarket Theatre naming a summer pantomime in his honour: "Harlequin Teague, or The Giant's Causeway.

Palavicini tries to follow in famous hoof prints  -  Sep 18, 2008
Independent,The man who rode Authorized here, Eddie Ahern, again partners an interesting prospect today in Palavicini, a Giant's Causeway colt trained by John Dunlop.

Two Days of Declines at Keeneland Sale  -  Sep 10, 2008
BloodHorse,The second highest price of the day — $1.25 million — was paid for a daughter of Giant's Causeway, making her the highest-priced filly of the auction.

AP Indy Colt Tops Day 2 At Keeneland  -  Sep 10, 2008
Racing and Sports Pty Ltd,Second-highest price of the day was the $1.25 million paid by Troy Steve Bloodstock Ltd for a filly by Giant's Causeway out of stakes winner Alidiva (IRE).

$7.7M bid equals no sale  -  Sep 9, 2008
CBSSports.com98, a $1 million Giant's Causeway-Voodoo Dancer colt that Jon Kelly bought from David Hager's Idle Hour Farm agency. Ferguson described the market as

In this yearling market, buyers can be choosy  -  Sep 5, 2008
Daily Racing Form (subscription),That's a filly by Storm Cat's fashionable son Giant's Causeway out of champion Playful Act, for whom Maktoum bid a world-record broodmare price of $10.5

THREE-YEAR-OLDS & UP DIARY  -  Sep 10, 2008
Brisnet.comOther Marathon contenders include Grade 3 winner FAIRBANKS (Giant's Causeway), a 5 3/4-length winner of the Duke of Magenta S. at Saratoga most recently;

Palin, creationism and the Un-Enlightenment  -  Sep 12, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,Young earthers' (extreme creationists, if you like) believe for instance that the Giant's Causeway is just 4500 years old (ie during the flood).

'Candyman' tops field of 14 for Arlington Futurity  -  Sep 11, 2008
ESPNGiant Oak is Illinois-bred in name only, as a son of the $125000 sire Giant's Causeway and the grade-stakes-winning mare Crafty Oak.

Commentator leads the way in Mass Cap  -  Sep 20, 2008
Brisnet.comGrade 3 victress and Grade 1 runner-up Hot Novel (Mari's Book); and Grade 3 winner and 2008 Blue Grass S. (G1) runner-up Cowboy Cal (Giant's Causeway).

Bolger and Manning on the double  -  Sep 8, 2008
Irish Times,New Approach's style has rarely veered to the spectacular and this was no Daylami-style rout but rather a Giant's Causeway-like slug-out that added his name

Rich Pedigrees Offered at Keeneland  -  Sep 5, 2008
BloodHorse,The Hill ‘n’ Dale consignment, agent for the late Robert Sangster’s Sweetham Stud, also features the first foal, a filly by Giant's Causeway,

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS  -  Sep 19, 2008
New York Daily News,Straight Story, $400000 Giant's Causeway yearling, drew post 11, but could be menace in debut for top NJ stable. Karakorum Legend makes debut for Rice and

Get your feet wet  -  Sep 6, 2008
Scotland on Sunday,It's off the radar of the Northern Ireland that most tourists know – mainly the Antrim coast, with its Bushmills whiskey distillery, Giant's Causeway,

Scottish sanctuary for people - and  -  Sep 4, 2008
Toronto Star,...side of the island with its hexagonal rock features that are a smaller, but still stunning version, of the world-famous Giant's Causeway in Ireland.

Bushmills offers top reasons to visit Northern Ireland  -  Sep 19, 2008
Opodo,The biggest tourist attraction of all in Northern Ireland is the Giant's Causeway, an area of some 40000 interlocking basalt columns that were formed by an

Sheikh Mohammed buys Stonerside  -  Sep 1, 2008
ESPNThe McNairs will keep Cowboy Cal, a 3-year-old Giant's Causeway colt that won the Grade 3 Tropical Park Derby this year and was second in the Grade 1 Blue

THOROUGHBRED BEAT  -  Sep 17, 2008
Brisnet.com...the four-year-old hails from the same connections and is a 10-furlong specialist similar to the "Iron Horse," Giant's Causeway, who won five Group 1

Weekend Pedigree Wrap  -  Sep 17, 2008
BloodHorse,Well this weekend marked another stakes winner for Spain in the shape of Dreamtheimpossible, this one a daughter of the white-hot Giant's Causeway

Tiznow, Chapter 2  -  Sep 22, 2008
BloodHorse,...just as he had in the 2000 Classic when another European powerhouse, Giant's Causeway, dared to challenge America's dominance on dirt.

'Lost coast' found in attic  -  Sep 16, 2008
Belfast Newsletter,The scenes, which depict seascapes from the Giant's Causeway to Port Bradden and White Park Bay, are painted in Croft's distinctive abstract style – the

The rebirth of Belfast  -  Sep 15, 2008
North Shore News,...(It's the home of, among others, the Belfast Giants, the UK Hockey Superleague team that's named after the Giant's Causeway, Ulster's most famous landmark.

SEPTIMUS LOOKS UP FOR THE CUP  -  Sep 15, 2008
Sportinglife.co.za,Despite her trainer's reservations about the ground the two-year-old daughter of Giant's Causeway had something to spare in defeating a couple of promising

Raul's on his own at the Fair!  -  Sep 15, 2008
Ballymoney Times,..."We travelled around a bit and took in the Giant's Causeway," Mrs. Shaw said. The full article contains 257 words and appears in n/a newspaper.

Arl-Wash Futurity  -  Sep 13, 2008
Brisnet.comGiant Oak (Giant's Causeway) and Willie To To (Mahie Gold) were scratched. Terrain is now perfect from three career starts, including a score in the

Arlington-Wash. Futurity  -  Sep 12, 2008
Brisnet.comGIANT OAK (Giant's Causeway) rolled to a two-length score in his career debut over the turf last time, and grass form usually holds on Polytrack.

FILLY & MARE TURF DIARY  -  Sep 15, 2008
Brisnet.comThis time, Wait a While was always in control, but she was under a stiff drive to fend off the persistent CARRIAGE TRAIL (Giant's Causeway).

14 to Crowd Gate in Arlington Futurity  -  Sep 10, 2008
BloodHorse,Giant Oak, a Virgina Tarra Trust Illinois homebred by Giant's Causeway, won his debut at one mile on the turf over open company.

A wheely great way to see Fermanagh  -  Sep 10, 2008
Fermanagh Herald (subscription),From the world famous Giant's Causeway to the stunning Fermanagh lakes, we offer so many options for the tourist in a relatively compact geographic space.

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