Curlin

Source: nbcsports.msnbc.com --- 37 days ago
Horse of the Year can become thoroughbred racing's richest horse later this month in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park in New York. ...

Source: www.latimes.com --- 12 days ago
Breeders' Cup showdown with Big Brown could take place, if the champ likes Santa Anita track. We have another rock star in the city of bright lights. Welcome to Hollywood, Curlin. ...

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The much-watched horse tries a swift half-mile on the synthetic track, where he could be headed for a classic matchup with Big Brown. But trainer Steve Asmussen is taking it slowly. Santa Anita gave Curlin its best shot Monday morning. ...

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ARCADIA, Calif. -- Curlin galloped two miles on Santa Anita's synthetic track Sunday in what could lead to a possible showdown with Kentucky Derby and Preakness ... ...

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The scene was the familiar. There was Curlin, heading out to the track just after first light, exercise rider Carlos Rosas on his back, with assistant trainer Scott Blasi and his trusted pony, Pancho, right alongside. ...

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A gallery of photographs of 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin. ...

Source: www.usatoday.com --- 12 days ago
The showdown the Thoroughbred racing world yearns for reigning Horse of the Year Curlin vs. brilliant 3-year-old Big Brown in ... ...

Source: www.usatoday.com --- 11 days ago
Curlin emerged as the leading money-earner in the history of American Thoroughbred racing when he unleashed his patented closing ... ...

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Big Brown and Curlin, the two likely favs in the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Classic, both had morning activity. Big Brown worked six furlongs over a good Aqueduct turf course in 1:14.64 on Oc. 7th. The move was in company with stablemate Salute the Count, a possible entrant in the newly formed Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint. The [...] ...

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Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin is scheduled to breeze Monday at Santa Anita Park in a workout that may well determine whether ... ...

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What's next this time? The answer might be history. Curlin can move past Cigar as the highest-earning Thoroughbred if he wins ... ...

Source: www.MiamiHerald.com --- 5 days ago
Defending Breeders' Cup Classic champion Curlin continues his preparations at Santa Anita for a second Classic victory. The reigning Horse of the Year has been stabled at the Los Angeles-area track since his record breaking win in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on September 27. ...

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ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) -Curlin ran a half-mile in 52.80 seconds Monday in his first official workout on Santa Anita's synthetic surface under the watchful eye of trainer Steve Asmussen. ...

Source: blogs.phillyburbs.com --- 4 days ago
ARCADIA, Calif. - Curlin will have a 5-furlong workout on Santa Anita’s synthetic surface between races Monday in another step toward determining whether he will run in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Oct. 25. The reigning Horse of the Year will run in company with Hawaii Calls, another of trainer Steve Asmussen’s horses, between races four and five. “Our biggest concern with Curlin is the difference in the way the track plays between morning and afternoon,” assistant trainer Scott Blasi said. “We’re not looking for anything real fast.” Beyond Monday’s drill, Blasi said, “Everything else with his training will be routine. That’s what we’re looking for right now.” Asmussen is expected to fly in from his Texas base to oversee Curlin’s workout, as he did this past Monday when Curlin drilled a half-mile in 52.80 seconds. The defending BC Classic winner galloped a mile Wednesday. A decision on whether Curlin will compete against Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown and some of Europe’s top horses in the Classic must be made soon since pre-entries for the Breeders’ Cup will be announced Oct. 16. In other Breeders’ Cup news, Casino Drive was on the synthetic track at Hollywood Park Wednesday and will probably train up to the Classic, said Nobutaka Tada, racing manager for the Japanese horse’s owner. Casino Drive, unbeaten in two starts, has not raced since winning the Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park on May 10. A stone ...

Source: blogs.timesunion.com --- 37 days ago
If you want to see 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin in his next start, you won’t have to go too far for it. Jess Jackson, Curlin’s owner, announced Thursday that the 4-year-old colt will run next in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on Long Island Sept. 27. If he does well in that race, [...] ...

Source: horseracing.pressdemocrat.com --- 11 days ago
Horse of the Year Curlin took his first steps on Santa Anita Park's new Pro Ride surface Wednesday morning. Assistant trainer Scott Blasi, who has been handed the reigns so to speak, will be in charge of Curlin's work schedule during his stay in Southern California. According to Daily Racing Form correspondent Jay Privman, Blasi said Curlin seemed to do fine after galloping over the artificial surface. Majority owner Jess Jackson says he will enter Curlin in the upcoming Breeders' Cup Classic - he's the defending champ by the way - at the end of the month if Curlin does well on the surface. The 4-year-old colt has never raced on an artificial surface and will ultimately make the final decision if he will defend his title. Privman pointed out that Curlin got the royal treatment with Santa Anita President Ron Charles and Executive Vice President of Oak Tree Racing Association Sherwood Chillingworth welcoming Curlin, who this last weekend became the all-time wage earner in horse racing history. Blasi, who is filling in for head trainer Steve Asmussen, said Curlin will work a half mile on Monday and is scheduled for works the following two Monday's leading up to the Breeders' Cup Classic. ...

Source: horseracing.pressdemocrat.com --- 5 days ago
Horse of the Year Curlin breezes a half mile in 52.80 at Santa Anita. There is still no word if Curlin will enter the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic to defend his title against Big Brown and others like Go Between, Well Armed and numerous others, including a few from across the puddle. VELAZQUEZ UPDATE: Rider John Velazquez was released from the University of Kentucky Medical Center Saturday afternoon following a bad spill on Friday and Keenland race track. Velazquez had a concussion, no broken bones and will take a few days off to clear the cobwebs. He was to return home to New York on Sunday. Jockey Jamie Theriot was also unseated in the same mishap. He was reportedly kicked in the head, cracked four teeth and possibly has a hairline fracture of his ankle. According to Eric Crawford of the Courier Journal in Louisville, Ky., Theriot, after learning he didn't have a concussion, immediately left for Hooiser Park in Anderson, Ind., and rode Dubai Majesty to a third-place finish in the Indiana Oaks, then flew back to Lexington, Ky. That's one tough dude. PEPPERS PRIDE Seventy-five percent of the people voting in our Peppers Pride poll, feel there is no need for an asterisk accompanying Peppers Pride recent record of 17 straight victories. Voters took into account that the 5-year-old mare hadn't race outside New Mexico. Had never faced the boys and wasn't competing in open-division races. But as Southern California trainer says, "A win ...

Source: horseracing.pressdemocrat.com --- 5 days ago
Assistant trainer Scott Blasi has hinted that Curlin will get his first work on Monday over the synthetic surface at Santa Anita. Remember, if Curlin likes the track , owner Jess Jackson said he would probably enter Curlin in the Breeders' Cup Classic. Curlin, the defending BC Classic champion and Horse of the year, was scheduled to work a half mile on Monday according to Blasi. If Curlin does run in the BCC he will finally meet Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown in one of the most anticipated confrontations in a long while.. ...