Another Sex Dispute, but This Athlete Has Four Legs

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Another Sex Dispute, but This Athlete Has Four Legs

By BILL FINLEY
Published: September 18, 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/sports/19racing.html?_r=1

Martha Maxine might seem like an ill-fitting name for a 5-year-old male horse, but there is an explanation. He used to be a she.

Martha Maxine will be a favorite in Saturday's Tony Maurello Stakes. He won the filly division last year.

Martha Maxine will be among the favorites Saturday in the $125,000 Tony Maurello Stakes at Balmoral Park outside Chicago, the same harness racing track where he won the filly division of the same race a year ago. He will make his fourth start since tests determined the horse was intersex, with male sex chromosomes.