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'Candy' ready for Del Mar's synthetic surface

Sep. 4, 2009
Chocolate Candy, who won the El Camino Real and California derbies, finished second in the Santa Anita Derby, and ran in the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes earlier this year, comes back from a short vacation in the $100,000 El Cajon Stakes at Del Mar...
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Memorial Day Ceremonies on the Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum in New York
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American Military Service members and Veterans hold a 100 foot wide U.S. Flag for Memorial Day ceremonies at the Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum in New York City on May 28, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo