She takes care of herself, this old mare. We get along well together. We'll take more X-rays June 21 and see where we're at. Fifty Stars won the Louisiana Derby and finished second in the Lone Star Derby before finishing ninth in the Kentucky Derby. In December, Fifty Stars won the Texan Juvenile at Sam Houston Race Park.
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The Charlie Daniels Band kicks off the Revolution June 29 following live American Quarter Horse racing. Extraordinaire to victory Saturday in the MCI Worldcom East Distance Challenge at Delta Downs. The Louisiana-bred horse will go to Los Alamitos on Oct. 20 for the MBNA Challenge Championships. Richard Dean covers horse racing for the Chronicle. His notebook appears on Thursdays.