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Sunday, 27 January 2008 |
 Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg, trainer of 1987 Kentucky Derby and 1988 Breeders Cup Classic winner Alysheba, is speaking out against trainers who use prohibited substances and legal steroids alike. Van Berg is calling for more sophisticated drug testing and stiffer penalties for violators who've been getting away with sissy slaps on their wrists --or in alleged offender Jeff Mullins' case, on his Magnum PI mustache. |
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Sunday, 27 January 2008 |
 With the synthetic Cushion Track unable to drain properly, a deluge of overnight rain and more of the same in the immediate forecast prompted Santa Anita to cancel racing Sunday and Monday, January 27-28. Weather permitting, the track will reopen this Thursday. After next weekend's races, the Cushion Track's drainage problems will be resolved with the help of Pro-Ride adding a binder to the track, and Santa Anita will reopen as soon the process is finished. In the meantime, horsemen bound for Santa Anita are encouraged to add Funnoodle to their Thoroughbred's tack. |
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 |
 Monday night at the Eclipse Awards, Jess Jackson, principal owner of newly reigning Horse of the Year Curlin, announced that the racehorse would indeed run as a four-year-old in 2008. In fact, Curlin leads the list of 169 nominees for one of 16 possible posts in the world's richest race, the $6 million Dubai World Cup run on the last Saturday in March at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai. Other nominees for the field include last year's UAE Derby winner Asiatic Boy, and Premium Tap, who placed second in the 2007 Dubai World Cup to then Horse of the Year, Invasor; and more surprisingly, Sylvester Stallone was nominated Best Actor for Rambo Again. One of the younger horses must have been playing around with the nominations. |
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Monday, 21 January 2008 |
 In 2007, Rags To Riches became the first filly in 102 years to win the Belmont Stakes, Jockey Garrett Gomez broke Jerry Bailey's record for number of stakes won in the same year, and trainer Todd Pletcher broke his own North American earnings record with Thoroughbreds like The Leopard, and eventual Eclipse winning Three-Year-Old Filly Champion Rags to Riches, Turf Male Champion English Channel, and Older Male Champion Lawyer Ron. And although Bob Baffert's hair still goes unrecognized by the Eclipse Awards as the Best Mane in Horse Racing, his trainee Midnight Lute took home the award for Champion Male Sprinter, and Indian Blessing won Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. Here are the other winners. |
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Monday, 21 January 2008 |
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And so, on Martin Luther King Day 2008, Curlin --named after an African American who fought for the Confederates in the Civil War-- is deservedly named 2007 Horse of the Year and Champion Three-Year-Old Male. Naming conventions aside (one of Curlin's owners can trace her own pedigree back to the man Curlin), the chestnut colt earned Horse of the Year honors with an incredible series of achievements as a three-year-old, including awesome victories in the Arkansas Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Breeders Cup Classic. Unraced at two, Curlin's third-place finish in the Kentucky Derby, and second-place in the Belmont Stakes were also impressive performances. His debut start as a four-year-old is yet undetermined, but the Steve Asmussen trainee has been turning in recent works, and we can't wait to see him back in action. For now, let's watch Curlin turn on the afterburners in these replays from 2007. |
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