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A group led by winemaker Jess Jackson paid $2.6 million for an 80% majority interest in rising star Curlin, who later won the Breeders Cup Classic and became Horse of the Year, in 2007.
The purchase price, long held secret, has been released for the first time in a motion filed in a civil case against Curlin’s two minority owners. Until Tuesday, the sale price had been reported to be in the $3.5 million range.
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By GREG MELIKOV
Two tracks ended their fight with horsemen’s groups assuring Calder an increase in simulcast revenue and allowing Ellis Park to race after it threatened to close.
Obviously, the tracks gave in because they faced financial disaster. But the war between both sides is far from over.
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One day after being eased up in the stretch and failing miserably in his bid to win the Triple Crown, Big Brown appears to be fine physically, according to co-owner Michael Iavarone.
Big Brown was attempting to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978 before those hopes were dashed with a last-place finish in the grueling 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes Saturday, June 7, at Belmont Park.
After the race, questions immediately arose if the previously unbeaten horse was injured. The bay colt raced despite a slight quarter crack to his left front hoof…
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The morning line 3-1 favorite in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby will break from the outside post position. It won’t be the first time Big Brown has done so in his brief racing career.
The son of Boundary roared out of post 12 in the Florida Derby on March 31 and won by five lengths recording the fastest 1 1/8 miles since 1996 – 1:48. The undefeated 3-year-old made the lead by the first call.
The 3-year-old’s connections, selecting 16th following a draw earlier Wednesday to determine the order in which posts would be selected, went for 20.
That’s a bad omen. Only one horse breaking from that post won in 133 runnings: Clyde Van Dusen in ‘29.
“We prefer just to break on the outside, trainer Richard Dutrow said. “We get assured of a clean trip. If he breaks good, we figure it’s to our advantage. We had a few good choices and felt we took the best shot.”
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Judge Roger Crittenden told attorneys at a hearing Wednesday that he will order the sale of assets, including 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin, that were owned by attorneys William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr., said three attorneys who took part in the hearing.
Jess Jackson, who holds an 80 percent interest in Curlin through Stonestreet Stables, has the right of first refusal on the minority interest if it goes up for sale, said Jackson’s spokesman, Kevin McGee. That gives Jackson the right to buy Curlin before anyone else at a designated price.
Tandy, a Lexington company set up by Gallion and Cunningham, owns 20% of Curlin through its subsidiary, Midnight Cry Stable. Curlin recently won the $6 million Dubai World Cup and has $8.8 million in career earnings. Jackson, through a series of purchases, bought the other 80% of Curlin, who was initially purchased by the attorneys for $57,000 at the 2005 Keeneland September yearling sale.
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Shadwell Stable’s Daaher, winner of last year’s Cigar Mile Handicap (gr. I) and most recently finished third in Aqueduct’s Stymie Handicap on March 1, has been retired from racing due to “torn and injured ligaments in his right front ankle”. He retires with 4 wins and 2 thirds from 9 starts.
Daaher will enter stud for the 2008 season at Shadwell’s Nashwan Stud, the stallion division of Shadwell Farm, in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Almost reaching the record of 450 last year, 448 thoroughbreds, 446 of which are males and 2 fillies, were made eligible for the 2008 Triple Crown races: Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes when early nominations were released.
Four-time Eclipse Award winner Todd Pletcher led all trainers for the 5th year in a row with 31 nominees. Todd Pletcher ended a 0-for-28 run in Triple Crown races last year when his filly Rags to Riches won the Belmont Stakes. Among his promising 3-year-olds are Cowboy Cal and Monba.
Two-time Kentucky Derby winning trainer, Nick Zito nominated 19 3-year-olds for the Triple Crown races, including the undefeated War Pass.
The first leg of the Triple Crown, the Kentucky Derby, will be held at Churchill Downs on May 3. The Preakness Stakes will be on May 17 at Pimlico Race Course. Belmont Stakes will be at Belmont Park on June 7.
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In an announcement made Tuesday, January 29, by Barbaro’s owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson, Churchill Downs has been chosen as the final resting place of the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro.
Barbaro captured the hearts of horse racing fans around the world for waging a brave fight for survival following a horrific breakdown at the Preakness Stakes in May of 2006. After a lengthy battle with laminitis, Barbaro was euthanized and was cremated following his death on January 29, 2007.
Barbaro’s ashes will be interred outside of Gate 1 at Churchill Downs, in a large elevated space enclosed by bricks. The site, which will be open to the public and is currently being used as a garden, will include a bronze statue of the Kentucky Derby winner that will be commissioned by the Jacksons and loaned to Churchill Downs as part of Barbaro’s official memorial site.
The popular colt, Barbaro, will become the only horse buried on the grounds of Churchill Downs to date. The adjacent Kentucky Derby Museum has the remains of four Kentucky Derby winners interred on its property — Sunny’s Halo (1983), Carry Back (1961), Swaps (1955), and Broker’s Tip (1933).
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Preakness Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Curlin won the Horse of the Year and 3-year-old Male honors at the 37th Annual Eclipse Awards on Monday night, January 21.
Curlin took a landslide vote over the competition in Horse of the Year voting, receiving 249 first-place votes to 12 for Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches. The 2006 Horse of the Year, Invasor, earned two votes.
Corinthian, English Channel and Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense received one each in balloting by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form (DRF) and National Turf Writers Association.
Curlin dominated Street Sense and Kentucky Derby runner-up Hard Spun in voting for 3-year-old Male category. Curlin got 262 votes, Street Sense 3 and Hard Spun 1.
Curlin’s 2007 campaign were included winning the Arkansas Derby and the Jockey Club Gold Cup.
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Last Friday, January 4, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, National Turf Writers Association, and Daily Racing Form announced the finalists for the 2007 Eclipse Awards. Winners will be announced at the 37th Annual Eclipse Awards Ceremony on Monday, January 21 at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
The 2007 Eclipse Award Finalists are…
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