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The inaugural Badger State Games were held in Madison in 1985, with ceremonies including an Olympic-style torch relay that circled the state over the course of two weeks. Wisconsin became the sixteenth state to hold a statewide multi-sport event, [3] with the National Congress of State Games created in 1988 to serve as their governing body.
The Badger Beer Handicap Chase is a Premier Handicap National Hunt steeplechase in England which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Wincanton over a distance of about 3 miles and 1 furlongs (3 miles, 1 furlong and 30 yards, or 5,029 metres), and during its running there are twenty-one fences to be jumped.
Several winners of the race have subsequently achieved victory in the most prestigious two-mile chase in the National Hunt calendar, the Queen Mother Champion Chase. The most recent was Put The Kettle On, the winner of the latter event in 2021. The 1978 winner, Alverton, went on to win the following season's Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Sharon Grant, co-founder of Friends of Badger Mountain, was named the 52nd Tri-Citian of the Year for 2024. In this file photo, she pauses on the west end of Red Mountain with the Yakima River and ...
The Badger State Trail is a 40-mile (64 km) migration trail for badgers in south central Wisconsin. The trail leads from the Wisconsin – Illinois state line to Madison passing through, from south to north, Monroe, Monticello, Belleville and Fitchburg. Near Monticello, the trail passes through the 1,200-foot (370 m) long, unlit Stewart Tunnel ...
Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. / Time Purse Gr. 2024 Seize the Grey: Jaime Torres D. Wayne Lukas MyRacehorse 1 mile 1:35.96 $594,710 II 2023 General Jim Luis Saez: Claude R. McGaughey III: Courtlandt Farms 1 mile 1:34.43 $500,000 II 2022 Jack Christopher: José Ortiz: Chad C. Brown: White Birch Farm, Jim Bakke, Gerry Isbister Gerald Isbister
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A lot of work is planned this year as the organization celebrates 20 years.