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Title: Another Sex Dispute, but This Athlete Has Four Legs
Post by: Shana A on September 19, 2009, 08:54:21 AM
Post by: Shana A on September 19, 2009, 08:54:21 AM
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 (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.
By BILL FINLEY
Published: September 18, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/sports/19racing.html?_r=1 (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.