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Curlin worked an easy half-mile over the main track at Churchill Downs on Monday in preparation for what trainer Steve Asmussen plans as the colt’s debut on turf this weekend. Exercise rider Carlos Rosas was in the saddle as the 4-year-old son of Smart...
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Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin is scheduled to work on Monday at Churchill Downs in preparation for a scheduled debut on the turf next weekend. The Steve Asmussen-trained son of Smart Strike, an easy winner this year of the $6 million Dubai World Cup...
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This is a sad day for racing in America. The Pea Patch is no more. Soybeans have not been grown in the Ellis Park infield for years, but the Henderson, Ky., track is still best known by its nickname, though it will now in the past tense. Ron Geary, who...
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From Churchill Downs Trainer Helen Pitts’ turf star Einstein will go for his fourth grass victory of 2008 on Friday when he faces six rivals in the 19th running of the $200,000-added Firecracker Handicap (GII) to be run at one mile on the Matt Winn Turf...
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From Churchill Downs With a dominant 4 ¼-length victory by reigning “Horse of the Year” Curlin in the $1 million Stephen Foster Handicap (Grade I) behind him, trainer Steve Asmussen was looking toward the future for his champion on Sunday morning. And...
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Though it seems that we’ve gotten through the week without everyone at Belmont Park last Saturday being blamed by someone for the defeat of Big Brown, another Saturday is at hand that holds the promise of some very significant racing. The Grade 1 Ogden...
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Those who view new wagering options with a jaundiced eye may not embrace the wager Churchill Downs has begun to test with on-track customers this week, a bundle win, exacta and trifecta package called, the matrix. It is, however, an interesting vehicle...
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From Churchill Downs The countdown to the opening of the second half of the 2008 campaign by Stonestreet Stable and Midnight Cry Stable’s reigning “Horse of the Year” Curlin is now down to hours, and trainer Steve Asmussen is ready to see the imposing...
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From Churchill Downs Louisville Stonestreet Stables and Midnight Cry Stable’s reigning “Horse of the Year” Curlin is scheduled to make his first start since his emphatic Dubai World Cup (Grade I) victory on March 29 when he faces nine rivals in the 27th...
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Defending Horse of the Year Curlin, in position after the defeat of Big Brown in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday to solidify his status as the world's leading thoroughbred, completed his serious training for Saturday’s Grade I Stephen Foster Handicap...
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By Jenny Kellner /NYRA When buyers at Keeneland’s September 2006 yearling sale looked at Tomcito, all they saw was an awkward, barrel-chested colt who, frankly, walked like a duck. When trainer Dante Zanelli Jr. looked at the son of Street Cry, he saw...
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Louisville, Ky. I’ve seen a lot of things happen in this town, some involving the Kentucky Derby. Seattle Slew. Affirmed and Alydar, Spectacular Bid. I’ve seen two fillies, Genuine Risk and Winning Colors, win the Derby. I’ve seen Alysheba go to his knees...
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From Churchill Downs Lane’s End Stakes winner Adriano had his final workout for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, negotiating five furlongs Sunday at Churchill Downs in 1:00.80 in company with stablemate Cherokee Artist. Regular exercise rider Xavier Azipuru...
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Churchill Downs release Churchill Downs will offer a daily opportunity to win big when it introduces its new Super Hi-5 wager starting with Saturday’s opening day. A special Super Hi-5 wager on the 2008Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands will offer...
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No winner of the Derby Trial has won a Kentucky Derby since Tim Tam, in 1958, and a half-century-long trend in unlikely ever to be interrupted. Nowadays, the significance on the Derby Trial is that it remains the first stakes race of the week leading...
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