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2 days ago
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'Special Horse': Favorite Patch Adams Powers Clear In Woody Stephens
'Special Horse': Favorite Patch Adams Powers Clear In Woody Stephens originally appeared on Paulick Report. Patch Adams confirmed on Saturday what his connections suspected all along--he's a sprinter. Advertisement The Into Mischief colt proved to be a burgeoning sprint star on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs for trainer Brad Cox, who subsequently brought his talent to Saratoga, where on the Belmont Stakes undercard the former potential classic hopeful revealed an elite aptitude at a shorter distance in the $500,000 Woody Stephens (G1). Luis Saez roused Patch Adams from just off the pace and he stormed down the center of the track to dispatch Madaket Road and pacesetter Macho Music for a 2 1/4-length victory. Madaket Road hung on for second, and Big Truzz was third another 3 1/4 lengths back. Champion Citizen Bull was fourth and Macho Music faded to finish seventh. 'It was a pretty exciting stretch (run)," Saez said of Patch Adams, the 3-1 favorite in field of 10 3-year-olds "This horse, I really like him. He was working pretty well and today he came with a good run." Advertisement Saez hustled Patch Adams right out of the gate and the pair stalked the pace set by Macho Music and Madaket Road through swift fractions of :22.11, :44.40, and 1:08.73 through six furlongs. While gaining ground near the quarter pole, Patch Adams was hustled to the outside and came charging into contention. He got in front in the final furlong, drew clear. "He was in a perfect spot the whole way," Saez said. "And, man, when he came to the top of the stretch he gave me a pretty good turn of foot.' Time for the seven furlongs 1:21.35 on a track rated as muddy. Patch Adams returned $8.80 for the win. Advertisement Patch Adams earned his first stakes victory Saturday and entered following a 2 1/4-length win sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs on May 3 at Churchill. Under some consideration for the Kentucky Derby earlier this year when he was fourth in a pair of graded stakes on the classic trail. He had, however, shown his preference for sprinting earlier, earning a career-best 98 Beyer Speed Figure for his 10 1/2-length triumph to break his maiden in his second start going the Woody Stephens distance in November at the Louisville track. 'Obviously it took him two starts to break his maiden, but when he did break his maiden he was very impressive at Churchill Downs," Cox said. "We thought he would stretch out based off the way he breezed and how he galloped out and worked with the pace before the [Grade 3] Southwest Stakes. Didn't break that day and didn't really get a good trip in the [Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby] obviously. It is kind of odd to have a horse that breaks as well as he does going one turn but couldn't get out of the gate going two turns. Once again, horses will make you scratch your head sometimes. We kind of scratched our heads this winter and into the spring, but he turned it around at Churchill Downs and we cut him back and he responded again today." Patch Adams was bred in Kentucky by WinStar Farm, which campaigns him with China Horse Club Inc. "He showed that he's a seven-furlong horse the day he broke his maiden and has been telling us what he wants to do," said Elliott Walden, President, CEO, and Racing Manager of WinStar Farm. Advertisement 'One turn is what he wants to do. He's an Into Mischief out of a Distorted Humor mare (Well Humored); the second Grade 1 winner we have had this year like that along with Tappan Street. Two different types, Tappan Street wants to go longer than this one, but I think he could get a mile. 'We'll probably come back for the [Grade 1, $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial on August 23 at Saratoga]. He ran kind of quick back here and been at it all year; gone to Oaklawn, gone to Tampa — and he's not a super big horse. He's a special horse. I think he's got more there and will be really tough running back. It's just exciting to win a Grade 1 with a really well-bred colt from the family of [WinStar-owned Dubai World Cup winner] Well Armed — a great family that's been very good to us.' This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jun 7, 2025, where it first appeared.
The Hindu
02-06-2025
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- The Hindu
On movies pegged on health
Daily Quiz | On movies pegged on health Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit YOUR SCORE 0 /6 RETAKE THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | The highly successful and entertaining movie Patch Adams starring Robin Williams in the eponymous character, and had its own ribtickling indian versions in Munnabhai, MBBS, and Vasoolraja MBBS, was based on a true story. The real Patch Adams is believed to be the architect of a certain kind of therapy that is now popular in hospital wards across the globe. What is it? DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO Answer : Hospital clowns SHOW ANSWER 2 / 6 | In the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, directed by David Fincher, Brad Pitt essays the role of a man ageing in reverse. What is the actual health condition cinematically portrayed (rather romantically) in Benjamin Button? It was more accurately depicted in the Indian film Paa, starring Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek. DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO Answer : Progeria SHOW ANSWER 3 / 6 | 30 years ago, this movie starring Dustin Hoffman outlined the damage a particular fast-spreading, fictional virus was wreaking, portraying emergency health and containment scenarios we are now familiar with, post pandemic. That virus was said to manifest as hemorrhagic fever, causing organs to liquefy and blood to stream from sores. What was the name of this fictional virus in the 1995 movie? DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO Answer : Motaba virus SHOW ANSWER 4 / 6 | In Hichki, the come back Hindi film for Rani Mukerjee, she suffers from a condition that causes uncontrollable tics and sounds, a huge barrier to her getting a job. What is the condition that the movie made known to the world? DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO Answer : Tourette Syndrome SHOW ANSWER 5 / 6 | Retrograde amnesia is the inability to recall memories from before a traumatic event or injury, and the opposite is a condition whereby the ability to form new memories after the event is affected. This is depicted in a Christopher Nolan-inspired flick, made in two Indian languages - Tamil and Hindi. What is the condition and what was the title of the Indian movies? DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO Answer : Anterograde Amnesia; Ghajini SHOW ANSWER
RNZ News
04-05-2025
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- RNZ News
Clowning Doctors: Bringing theatre to the world of medicine
culture arts about 1 hour ago The phrase 'clown doctor' may lead to memories of Robin Williams' character in the 1998 film Patch Adams. It was a character who was based on a real person. Kiwi theatre maker Phoebe Mason is a real clown doctor at The Humour Foundation in Melbourne; taking theatre, fun, and laughter into hospitals. Several years ago, a nurse studying for her PhD looked at the work of clown doctors and their impact on patients and the working environment. The Royal Children's Hospital then reached out to the Humour Foundation asking for a workshop in which clown principles could be shared with the medical staff as a form of communication training. The results from those workshops have since been published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. Phoebe Mason is also the creative director of Playback Theatre in Melbourne; a global practice where people's real life stories are shared and a group of performers and musicians improvise and perform it back to the group on the spot to create rapport and understanding. She spoke to Culture 101 about the role of clown doctors and running workshops with medical staff.
Buzz Feed
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
65 Extremely Random Things I Literally Just Found Out That Completely And Totally Blew My Mind Last Month
1. This is what Netflix's homepage looked like in 1999, one year after it launched: Netflix What do you say we get the popcorn going, pour a little wine, and wait 3-5 business days for Patch Adams to arrive. 2. This isn't a big ol' grape. It's the world's largest single-celled organism: It's called Valonia ventricosa, and it's a type of algae. 3. This is what Mount Saint Helens looked like before and after its 1980 eruption: 4. This is artist Dario Campanile next to the painting he made for Paramount's 75th anniversary. The painting would go on to be the source of the company's subsequent logos: Neat! 5. This is what a cyclist's legs look like after competing in the Tour De France: 6. This is what New York City looked like from space on 9/11/2001: NASA Captured from the ISS. 7. Plastic surgery has been around for a long time—here are some examples from the 1920s: 8. Here's another example of a facelift from the 1920s: 9. This is what the Korean penisula — North Korea on top, South Korea on bottom – looks like from space: 10. This is a rubber beauty mask designed to eliminate wrinkles, massage the face, and promote skin health from the 1920s: 11. Some chickens lay eggs with white yolks: It just doesn't seem right. 12. There is a set of intact, neatly stacked plates inside the wreckage of the Titanic: 13. This monument marks the location of the first ever nuclear bomb explosion: 14. These bad boys are the oldest pair of pants ever discovered, dating back to over 3,000 years ago: They were found in western China, and you know what? They look pretty cool to me. 15. Prescription cocaine is still used today in hospitals as a local anesthetic: Just feels weird to see. 16. This is what Florida looks like from space: To paraphrase Carl Sagan: Every Floridian you love, every Floridian who has robbed a gas station, every Floridian who has unwisely kept an exotic animal as a pet, every Floridian who has ever been seriously hurt flying off a jump in a backyard go-kart accident, has lived out their lives on that peninsula. 17. These are the prices from a 107 years ago from a restaurant in Alabama: 18. Before he was James Bond, Sean Connery competed in the Mr. Universe pageant in 1953: 19. Most of the palm trees you see out and about are trimmed. Here's what a bunch of un-trimmed ones look like: And if you've ever lived in a place with palm trees, you know that there's probably a whole slew of critters in them there unshorn trees. 20. This is what a young Joseph Stalin looked like: Grethe Ulgjell / Alamy Stock Photo His friends called him Joe. Not actually sure of that. Probably not true. 21. Elephant seals are absolutely gigantic: Alamy Stock Photo And I love them. 22. This is what a kidney stone looks like under an electron microscope: BSIP SA / Alamy Stock Photo (Cartoon cat getting its finger stuck in a mousetrap voice) YEEEEEEEOOOOOWWWWCH! 23. This is what the United Kingdom looked like from space during the winter of 2010: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center Likes like one of those Games of Thrones. 24. Speaking of big giant animals, here's Hiram (center), the world's largest horse as of 1907: Chronicle / Alamy Stock Photo Folks, do we stan Hiram, aka the largest horse in the world? 25. Some Australian beaches have "emergency vinegar" to treat jellyfish stings: u/vc6vWHzrHvb2PY2LyP6b / Via You get some emergency olive oil and we got ourselves an Italian feast. 26. This is a picture of the spectators, including alleged mobsters, covering their faces with hats to avoid recognition during Al Capone's trial in October 1931: Ullstein Bild Dtl. / ullstein bild via Getty Images Poor form by the guy in the front row to the right. You hate to see it. 27. Smoking does a doozy to your walls: u/thunder_chunky_fresh / Via Not great... unless you're a big fan of beige. 28. Sugargliders have tiny little sugarglider fingerprints: u/skimbleshanxi / Via Just in case a sugarglider tries to frame you for something. 29. This is the exact gun John Wilkes Booth used to kill Abraham Lincoln: Buyenlarge / Getty Images RIP Abe. 30. This is what happens to your knee replacement if you're cremated: u/ThatCurlyHairedGuy20 / Via A comforting thought. Have a nice day! 31. This is the first aerial photo ever taken, captured by James Wallace Black from a hot-air balloon high above Boston: Alamy Stock Photo This picture, from 1860, is called"Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It." 32. This is what an authentic, mint condition Woodstock 1969 ticket looks like: u/masterbuck10 / Via Gem Mint 10, folks. Would you rather have this or a 2011 Mike Trout Topps Update card? 33. I'm sure you're aware that every St. Patrick's Day, Chicago transforms its river into a vibrant shade of green... Raymond Boyd / Getty Images 34. Well, did you know the dye is actually ORANGE? u/Jonah517 / Via This is what a super concentrated amount of the dye looks like. Science, man. 35. After World War I, sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd led a team that crafted realistic masks to restore the faces of injured soldiers: Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo 36. This is Louisa Ann Swain, the first American woman to ever vote in a general election: Alamy Stock Photo The vote happened in 1870, five decades before the 19th Amendment granted voting rights to all American women. 37. Cacti are a great way to measure progress: u/kindly-pineapple-585 / Via Just in case you were wondering. 38. Here's what a beluga whale looks like from below: Alamy Stock Photo Like it has knees! KNEES! It doesn't, though. 39. This is apparently an eighth-grade test from 1912. Are you passing it? u/flares117 / Via Feel free to describe the heart in the comments. 40. This is Stephen Taylor, the man with the world's longest tongue: Doug Peters / Alamy Stock Photo Apparently, he's since been dethroned by Nick Stoeberl. I don't really want to get too deep into the deep world of the world's longest tongue. 41. This is what the foundation of a skyscraper looks like: u/exact-creme4957 / Via Looks VAST. 42. Some finger prosthetics have fingerprints: Just when you thought you could get away with every crime ever. 43. This is what the Pacific Ocean looks like from space: NASA / Dembinsky Photo Associates / Alamy Stock Photo There are at least ten fish pictured here. 44. Here's a picture of a very safe, normal setup for parents and a baby to enjoy ice skating from the late 1930s: Hulton Deutsch / Corbis via Getty Images No problems here. 45. Speaking of babies, they used to travel up with the luggage on planes: Hulton Archive / Getty Images 46. Looks totally fine to me: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive Yup, nothin' to see here. Out of sight, out of mind. 47. This is how big a moose's tooth is: u/busycarhouse / Via Imagine being a moose dentist. It'd be incredible. 48. Some places use really, really, really, really long brooms to dust the ceiling: u/floating_laundry / Via Would love to see Mando Duplantis handle that thing. 49. This is what a credit card from the 1950s looked like: u/footpickle / Via Next to a pay stub from the 1950s! Two for one! 50. This is what a hippo's skull looks like compared to a human skull: They really had to hammer it home with that terrifying staging. 51. Deep sea wolf eels are absolutely terrifying: u/soloflo786 / Via No thanks, again! 52. You can not only EAT pinecones but you can also make jam from them: u/drxgonmilk / Via 53. Here's a topographic map of Africa, showing off the many mountains within the continent: 54. Both seals and sea lions have nails: u/cyber_being_ / Via They use them for grooming and, yes, they need to be cut if they get too long. 55. This is what a hairless raccoon looks like: I still love it. Come here, my friend. 56. This is what's on an "American" pizza in the Czech Republic: u/Mike_ZzZzZ / Via Corn on pizza is one of the most harrowing things I've ever seen. 57. Finally, let's end by looking at the TRUE color of every planet in our solar system. This is what color Mercury really is: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Arizona State University/Carnegie Institution of Washington 58. And this is what Venus looks like to the naked eye: NASA/JPL-Caltech 59. Here's where you are, Earth, in true color: NASA No surprise here. 60. This is what Mars looks like in real color: ESA & MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA 61. And this is what Jupiter looks like without any filters: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona 62. Here's Saturn in all its true-color glory: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute 63. And this is Uranus in real color: NASA/JPL 64. Here's Neptune in true color: NASA / Voyager 2 / PDS / OPUS 65. And, finally, here's our little dwarf planet warrior, Pluto, in real color: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker
