And he held on to win a tight finish for the second straight time after losing three big photo finishes earlier this year, including the Kentucky Derby to Winning Colors.

Despite not winning a race, six second-place finishes and a fourth-place finish in the championship.

During that time, the Razorbacks won three Southwest Conference championships, two Southeastern Conference titles, three appearances in the Final Four, a national championship 1994 and a second-place finish in 1995.

Dobb excelled on his return to Europe, winning the 1998 British 125cc Motocross championship, and a best finish of fifth in the World 125cc Motocross championship in 1999.

Egypt's most prominent political opposition leader, whose defiance of President Hosni Mubarak won him a second-place finish in this nation's election for president last month, says he is the target of an orchestrated campaign to discredit and marginalize him.

Amerkhanian-coached crews had great success at the IRA national championship regatta, winning gold in '98 and 2000, silver in '99 and '96, and a fourth-place finish in 1997.

Biffle joined the Busch Series full-time in 2001 and won the Rookie of the Year Award with five wins a fourth-place finish in the final standings.

In the 1988 Tour de France, Rooks finished second and won a finish on L'Alpe d'Huez.

Nichols' peak years at Iowa state were the nine years from 1965-1974, during which time his teams won five national titles, three runner-up awards and a third-place finish.

Ridden by the Australian jockey George Moore she won a closely contested finish by half a length from St Pauli Girl, just ahead of Lacquer and Pia.