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BOSSIER CITY, La. -- Texas Chrome was a useful horse at one turn. Hes taken his game to another level around two, which he showed Saturday when he battled Dalmore for a half-length win in the Grade 3, $400,000 Super Derby at Louisiana Downs.The victory was the sixth in a stakes for Texas Chrome -- and his biggest yet. He also gave his connections, Danny Keene, trainer J.R. Caldwell, and jockey C.J. McMahon, the richest win of their careers.The Super Derby was the centerpiece of the meet, and it anchored a card of five stakes that were worth a cumulative $700,000.Texas Chrome ($6.20) earned a fees-paid berth into the Super Derby with his win in last months $100,000 Prelude Stakes at Louisiana Downs. He took advantage of the full ride. Texas Chrome settled just off the pace set by Dalmore, who was up by a length through fractions of 24.59 seconds for the opening quarter and 49.13 for the half-mile.Texas Chrome advanced through six furlongs in 1:13.27 in the 1-1/8-mile race, forged toward the lead coming into the stretch, and fought with Dalmore through the lane. Texas Chrome covered the distance on a fast track in 1:49.87.Coming up to the five-sixteenths pole, I saw a hole open up and I opted to go for it and he showed me he was game to go and so was I, McMahon said. He accelerated and he finished phenomenally for me.Dalmore finished three-quarters of a length in front of third-place finisher Whateverybodywants. Mo Tom, who was favored over second choice Dalmore, finished fifth.Texas Chrome won three stakes last year at 2, including the $100,000 Gold Rush Futurity at Arapahoe Park and the $55,000 Governors Cup at Zia Park. He tried two turns for the first time in May, and rolled by more than 10 lengths in the Texas Stallion Stakes at Lone Star Park. Texas Chrome then ran third in the Grade 3 Matt Winn at Churchill and second in the Iowa Derby at Prairie Meadows before landing in the Prelude.Caldwell said he had a great deal of respect for the competition heading into the Super Derby, but he also had a lot of confidence in how Texas Chrome was coming up into the race Saturday.He came out of the Prelude so well, Caldwell said. As well as he came off of his last race, and the way hes been training, and he had a trip across the track, I didnt think they could outrun him. You hate to be that confident, but I knew I had the horse. Everything went right for the horse and it was our day.Caldwell said the next stop with Texas Chrome could be the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park. The horse is based at the Oklahoma City track. The 1-1/8-mile race is Sept. 25.Texas Chrome earned $240,000 for his Super Derby win. Overall, he has a career record of seven wins from 12 starts for earnings of $602,462.Texas Chrome is a son of Grasshopper and was bred in Texas by Craig Upham. Air Force 1 Alte 07 . Rousey will put her perfect 8-0 record and hardware on the line against another undefeated fighter, 7-0 Sara McMann in the main event of UFC 170, which will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Nevada on February 22nd. Air Force 1 Outlet . Three came down to the fourth quarter while quarterbacks continued to shine in all four games; so important to the overall quality of the game. http://www.airforce1outletitalia.it/scontate-nike-sf-air-force-1-mid-nere.html . "I was fortunate to play many years at this level with a great organization and unbelievable teammates," said Hejduk in a statement. Air Force 1 Sp Outlet . 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Cricket Australias experiment with a youth team in the Matador Cup will continue this summer, with the Cricket Australia XI confirmed as a seventh one-day team for 2016-17.The CA XI were included alongside the six states in the 2015-16 tournament and the squad was made up of young players who had missed out on selection in their respective state one-day squads.Although they suffered some extremely heavy losses and finished last on the Matador Cup table, they also provided one upset by beating Tasmania by three runs.CA XI squad members included Queensland legspinner Mitch Swepson, who has been chosen in the Australia A squad for a series of upcoming winter matches.We said initially that we weree prepared to back this for a two-year trial and we are sticking to that for the second season as we felt that there were significantly positive results for Australian Cricket, CAs executive general manager of team performance, Pat Howard, said.dddddddddddd.With the postponement of the Test tour [to Bangladesh] last October, the CA XI came up against very strong state sides, which was wonderful for the competition but was also a tough introduction for the young group. It is important we continue to review the concept again this season, as there were many positives. ' ' '