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Dubai World Cup winner and North America’s 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin will have a well-deserved rest before returning to the track for the second part of the year.
Horse trainer Steve Asmussen reported Curlin to be full of energy after his winning effort and said Curlin would be sent to New York on April 2 to clear quarantine at Belmont Park.
On April 6, the 4-year-old son of Smart Strike, Curlin, will be shipped to Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, where he eventually will resume light training on the Polytrack surface.
“From there, we’ll plan a course for the second half of the year,” Asmussen said, adding that he, Curlin’s owners and assistant trainer Scott Blasi and exercise rider Carlos Rosas will confer about what they think would be the best plan for future races.
“It will be decided collectively and based on what’s in the best interest of the horse and his legacy,” horse trainer Steve Asmussen said of Curlin, who has come out of the race without any problems.
Richard Dutrow, Jr. trained the winners of the US$2million Dubai Golden Shaheen and the US$1million Godolphin Mile in Benny The Bull and Diamond Stripes.
Horse trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. has a lot to look forward to as he also won the Florida Derby on Saturday at Gulfstream Park with Big Brown, who now will be a leading chance for the 2008 Kentucky Derby.
“They both came out of their races in good shape, they cooled out well and they’re fine this morning,” said Dutrow’s assistant Michelle Nevin.
Both horses, Benny The Bull and Diamond Stripes, are scheduled to be shipped to New York on April 2, and will remain there with the rest of trainer Dutrow’s stable.
“We haven’t thought of any long-range plans,” Nevin said. “It’s going to take (Dutrow) a couple of days to just calm down from all the excitement. He was just so happy.”
It is likely that Benny the Bull will be put on a path to get him to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I), while Diamond Stripes could eventually be aimed at the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, she said.
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