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Late U.S. Open champ and golf analyst Ken Venturi had special connection to Byron Nelson that dated back decades
– When Byron Nelson died in 2006, one of the most emotional tributes came from Ken Venturi, one of Lord Byron’s protégés. “He taught me one thing above all as the years went by," Venturi said by telephone that day. "I sum it up as, 'Be good to the game and 5/18/13 from Dallas Morning News Travel Read more »
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Byron makes Duke Of York frame
Lord Byron ran a cracking race to finish third in the Duke Of York Clipper Logistics Stakes on the Knavesmire. Tom Hogan's Prix de la Foret hero was saddled with a Group One penalty but finished fast to beat all bar winner Society Rock and Lethal Force, who from Irish Independent Read more »
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![Lord Byron circa 1810, shortly after the publication of ‘Stanzas to [Mrs Musters] on Leaving England’, the poem which prompted his childhood friend Elizabeth Parkyns to write a savage riposte.](http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0b1O6hv9PTfVc/45x45.jpg)
Taking revenge on wicked Lord Byron
– feathers from the grounds and leaves from the oak tree under which they played and upon which, as an annotation explains, Lord Byron wrote a poem (‘To an Oak at Newstead’). The leaves posed a challenge for the Bodleian’s conservator, being brittle and attached from Spectator Magazine Read more »
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Hawkeyethenoo to hold off challenge of Irish sprint aces
of the raiders. Of their aggregate 16 career wins, none has come with the word 'firm' in the description, though Gordon Lord Byron was second in the Group One Sprint Cup at Haydock last year on firm. Hogan's five-year-old subsequently gained a deserved top-level from Irish Independent Read more »
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Gordon Lord Byron and Maarek all set for Duke of York Stakes
Moore will partner Gordon Lord Byron in the Duke of York Stakes. It is 34 years since Thatching was the last Irish-trained winner of today’s Duke Of York Stakes but both Gordon Lord Byron and Maarek will try to bridge that gap in the Group Two sprint. Gordon from Irish Times Read more »
