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 Strike comfortably covered the distance over a fast...

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 (GI) at Nad Al Sheba and the $1 million Stephen...

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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 the immediate future could have a distinctive green...

Curlin destroys the competition in the G1 Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs on Saturday Curlin. You cannot stop him. You can only hope to contain him. On Saturday at Churchill Downs, that’s exactly what a field of 9 competitors was hoping to do in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap. Curlin’s...

The Saturday racing card at Churchill Downs marks the 2008 U.S. debut of defending Horse of the Year winner Curlin in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap.  The last time Curlin raced at Churchill downs he was a green 3-year-old that battled through a horrific trip to finish 3rd in the Kentucky Derby...

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...

Things just got a tad more difficult for the defending Horse of the Year in his 2008 U.S. Debut. Already up against it, so to speak, from a weight disadvantage, the 4-year-old son of Smart Strike has now drawn the rail post position for Saturday’s running of the Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill...