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Best thoroughbred racehorse

Moonlight Maverick

Tangaray Farms' promising Colorado-bred, Moonlight Maverick, has done almost everything right since he began racing last year. As a two-year-old, he won the $100,000 Gold Rush Futurity at Arapahoe Park, then kicked off his three-year-old campaign June 3 with a win in the six-furlong Inaugural, under rider Don Frazier. In six career starts, the dark bay son of Seattle Sleet and Hempen Cutie has won five times and finished second once, earning more than $95,000. Trainer Ken Gleason means to keep him on the grounds at Arapahoe, so fellow sprinters better look out. Alas, the Mav is a gelding, so he's likely to do more racing than dating in future seasons.

Best thoroughbred racehorse

Moonlight Maverick

Tangaray Farms' promising Colorado-bred, Moonlight Maverick, has done almost everything right since he began racing last year. As a two-year-old, he won the $100,000 Gold Rush Futurity at Arapahoe Park, then kicked off his three-year-old campaign June 3 with a win in the six-furlong Inaugural, under rider Don Frazier. In six career starts, the dark bay son of Seattle Sleet and Hempen Cutie has won five times and finished second once, earning more than $95,000. Trainer Ken Gleason means to keep him on the grounds at Arapahoe, so fellow sprinters better look out. Alas, the Mav is a gelding, so he's likely to do more racing than dating in future seasons.

Best place to bag a bull

Game Management Unit 201, Moffat County

There are better places to hunt elk if the only thing you're after is surrounding yourself with the big animals. Game Management Unit 24, for instance, in central Colorado, is ground zero for the White River National Forest herd, a swarming mass of nearly 48,000 elk. Yet the ratio of bulls to cows there is only nineteen to 100 -- less than two bulls for every ten elk. So if it's a major rack you're after, head north and west to GMU 201. The herd -- the Cold Springs herd -- is small, only 1,000 or so strong. But the ratio of bulls to cows there is forty to 100; out of every ten elk, four will be males.

Best place to bag a bull

Game Management Unit 201, Moffat County

There are better places to hunt elk if the only thing you're after is surrounding yourself with the big animals. Game Management Unit 24, for instance, in central Colorado, is ground zero for the White River National Forest herd, a swarming mass of nearly 48,000 elk. Yet the ratio of bulls to cows there is only nineteen to 100 -- less than two bulls for every ten elk. So if it's a major rack you're after, head north and west to GMU 201. The herd -- the Cold Springs herd -- is small, only 1,000 or so strong. But the ratio of bulls to cows there is forty to 100; out of every ten elk, four will be males.

Best place to go when you absolutely must fill your tag

Game Management Unit 20, near Estes Park

Prospects for elk hunters in Colorado for the past several years have been dismal. On average, only about 16 percent of the people who have headed into the woods aiming to bag an animal have successfully managed to fill their freezers. That's not the case in Game Management Unit 20, however, where the accessibility of the backcountry has resulted in a whopping success rate of just under 60 percent.

Best place to go when you absolutely must fill your tag

Game Management Unit 20, near Estes Park

Prospects for elk hunters in Colorado for the past several years have been dismal. On average, only about 16 percent of the people who have headed into the woods aiming to bag an animal have successfully managed to fill their freezers. That's not the case in Game Management Unit 20, however, where the accessibility of the backcountry has resulted in a whopping success rate of just under 60 percent.

Best new reasons to canonize John Elway

Brian Griese and Gus Frerotte

When San Francisco's concussion-plagued star Steve Young wisely decided to retire rather than risk further injury in Denver, he left the Broncos with the same problem they've faced since May 1999 -- how to replace a legendary quarterback and team leader with a mere mortal. In the absence of John Elway, head coach Mike Shanahan will turn to third-year man Brian Griese, who's had growing pains on the field and in the dressing room. Can he throw long? Maybe: Bronco mini-campers say Bob Griese's boy is now ready for prime time. Failing that, Gus Frerotte, late of Washington and Detroit, will get the call. Can anyone here say Bubby Brister?

Best new reasons to canonize John Elway

Brian Griese and Gus Frerotte

When San Francisco's concussion-plagued star Steve Young wisely decided to retire rather than risk further injury in Denver, he left the Broncos with the same problem they've faced since May 1999 -- how to replace a legendary quarterback and team leader with a mere mortal. In the absence of John Elway, head coach Mike Shanahan will turn to third-year man Brian Griese, who's had growing pains on the field and in the dressing room. Can he throw long? Maybe: Bronco mini-campers say Bob Griese's boy is now ready for prime time. Failing that, Gus Frerotte, late of Washington and Detroit, will get the call. Can anyone here say Bubby Brister?

Best place to check out shred betties

Loveland Ski Resort

This is a matter not of comparative ogling, but of mathematics and economics. After all these years, Loveland still has a higher percentage of shred-everymans than any other hill within driving distance of Denver, so it follows that a comparative percentage of them are female. Furthermore, if you are a nineteen-year-old shredder of either sex, you're broke unless you have a sponsor -- and the odds against that have been clearly demonstrated. Therefore Loveland's lift ticket prices will be the only ones that make fiscal sense. Finally, why go to any mountain to look at a snowboarder? Isn't it time you became one?

Readers' choice: Copper Mountain Resort

Best place to check out shred betties

Loveland Ski Resort

This is a matter not of comparative ogling, but of mathematics and economics. After all these years, Loveland still has a higher percentage of shred-everymans than any other hill within driving distance of Denver, so it follows that a comparative percentage of them are female. Furthermore, if you are a nineteen-year-old shredder of either sex, you're broke unless you have a sponsor -- and the odds against that have been clearly demonstrated. Therefore Loveland's lift ticket prices will be the only ones that make fiscal sense. Finally, why go to any mountain to look at a snowboarder? Isn't it time you became one?

Readers' choice: Copper Mountain Resort

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