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No standout in San Fernando - 2004-01-09
Bob Baffert has three runners, Craig Dollase two. That's a full house, but in the poker game of Saturday's $200,000 San Fernando Breeders' Cup Stakes, that's not a sure winning hand.

A wide-open field of 10 is entered in the Grade 2 San Fernando, the 1 1/16-mile second leg of the three-race Strub Series for 4-year-olds. None of the first four finishers from the first leg, the Malibu Stakes, is in the San Fernando, nor is Ten Most Wanted, who is awaiting the final leg, the Strub Stakes. In their stead are a group of horses attempting to recapture past glory, such as Toccet, or up-and- comers perhaps on the verge of breaking through, such as Anziyan Royalty.
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THE NOSE - Bet on it (or maybe not): Your tax dollars will be in play - 2004-01-09
With everyone and his schnauzer coming up with predictions for 2004, we created a list of shenanigans legislators might pull when they get to Olympia next week. Don't call your bookie, though. All bets are off when the circus comes to town:

•After giving away the farm to Boeing, the Legislature offers the rest of the biz community two
"downer" Holsteins and a tax break on bull semen.

•After further review, the Lege realizes it approved a tax break on bull semen years ago.

•The Lege again passes on minicasinos, bets on success of video poker in middle school cafeterias.
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