The winner of the Derby and the Prix de lArc de Triomphe, Mill Reef was an exceptional middle-distance racehorse, though his illustrious career was ended prematurely by injury after registering a record six successive Group One wins.

American philanthropist Paul Mellon bred and owned Mill Reef, who was sent to England to be trained by the young trainer Ian Balding at Kingsclere in 1970. By the stallion Never Bend out of the Princequillo mare Milan Mill, Mill Reef was judged to be too long in the pastern to race effectively on dirt in America.

Mill Reef soon showed in his work that he was a class above anything else in the stable, and he duly won on his racecourse debut in the Salisbury Stakes, a race the trainer had successfully used before as a stepping stone to victory in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot, romping home under jockey Geoff Lewis by an unextended four lengths at an unconsidered price of 8-1.

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A recent survey taken at colleges across the country has revealed something very interesting. It appears that ultimate frisbie is no longer the pastime of choice on campus. It’s poker, and a more interesting fact is, that it is primarily college girls who are playing it. That’s right, college girls.

Not so long ago, poker was generally thought of a male pastime. The iconic images of cigar smoking, scotch drinking, loud mouth males huddled around the green felt table on poker night tend to come to mind when we think of poker. But it appears now that pow wows of giggling college girls , wearing baby ts and getting buzzed on wine coolers , are holding all the cards. Well, maybe thats the image that would pop into a guys mind, but actually these college girls are quite savvy to the game and mean business.

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