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© 2006 Reena Rose Sibayan / The Jersey Journal

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ, AUGUST 2, 2006 -- A series of photographs taken of race horses

and their handlers working to keep them cool on an oppressively hot summer day at the

Meadowlands Racetrack. Here, Decision Point's coat shimmers after a bath.

Kim Pallocska, of Jobstown, applies a wet

towel on Giana Devie to keep her cool.

LeRoy Goins sponges off two-year-old Decision Point.

Filiberto Pilotzi, of Trenton, towels off

Luscious Glitter after giving her a bath.

Rob Bradley, a caretaker at the Siegelman Stable at the Meadowlands

Racetrack gives Spring Lake Dragon a cool shower.