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 Phipps Handicap at Belmont is overshadowed by the...

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 chestnut colt run in Saturday’s $1 million Stephen...

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 with an easy half-mile work on Monday at Churchill...

Dubai Racing Club Newswire America's champion Curlin put his rivals to the sword when an emphatic winner of the Dubai World Cup on Saturday at Al Na Sheba. Such was the sheer command and authority of his performance, his jockey Robbie Albarado can hardly have had an anxious moment as the US Champion...

Dubai Racing Club newswire Curlin will have to break new ground and become the first horse to win the Dubai World Cup from stall 12, following the Post Position draw Wednesday night. Assistant trainer Scott Blasi said: “He’s done everything right since he’s been here. He’s been training well. I think...

Dubai Racing Club Newswire American Horse of the Year Curlin strode around the Nad Al Sheba training track on Wednesday morning with a look of fierce but focused determination ahead of the 2008 Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline. As he galloped well in hand under exercise rider Carlos Rosas...

From the Dubai Racing Club Newswire In his final timed tune-up for Saturday’s Group 1 Dubai World Cup, American Horse of the Year Curlin dazzled onlookers at Nad Al Sheba with a show of contained power on Monday. As exercise rider Carlos Rosas sat motionless in the saddle, Curlin rolled through a half...

From the Dubai Racing Club A record-equalling field of 13, led by US Horse of the Year, Curlin, could go to post for the US$6-million 2008 Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline, on March 29. The Dubai Racing Club on Monday revealed the likely fields for the seven races at the US$21.25million...

Dubai Racing Club release Eleven days after carrying 60 kilograms to victory over 2,000 meters, American Horse of the Year Curlin returned to Nad Al Sheba Racecourse for a five-furlong (1000m) workout on Monday that assistant trainer Scott Blasi declared “awesome” as the colt gears up for the US$6 million...

There is little to say about Curlin’s return to competition – that word used in the strict academic sense – at Nad Al Sheba, in Dubai, on Thursday except that the American handicap division is destined to be a one-horse race. Curlin’s prep for the Dubai World Cup was little more than a paid workout during...