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Curlin will get his chance to become thoroughbred racing’s richest horse when he races in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park in New York on September 27.
The 2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and Horse of the Year, fresh from a victory in the Woodward Stakes at Saratoga in upstate New York, has earned $9,796,800 with 10 wins in 13 career starts. The record of $9,999,815 is held by Cigar.
Curlin’s next start was announced Thursday by Stonestreet Stables, owned by Jess Jackson.
Belmont Park’s Jockey Club Gold Cup has a winner’s purse of $450,000. The 4-year-old Curlin won last year’s edition and would be the first to win the race in consecutive years since Skip Away in 1996-97.
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The New York Racing Association (NYRA) created a fan site for 2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and Horse of the Year Curlin.
Horse racing fans of champion race horse Curlin can access Curlin’s Corner and view Curlin’s photo gallery, information about his career PPs and pedigree, watch videos of Curlin’s victories and workouts, listen to podcasts from his connections, read jockey Robby Alabarado’s blog, and many more.
The web site will give horse racing fans an interactive experience and allow them to keep up with the latest news on the 4-year-old Smart Strike, Curlin, as he prepares for his Saratoga Race Course debut in the $500,000 Woodward Stakes (gr. I) on Saturday, August 30.
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By GREG MELIKOV
Every so often there’s talk of resurrecting Hialeah Park, the crown jewel of South Florida racing for decades. But each time the dialogue fades to a whisper, and then disappears like the racetrack did seven years ago.
The latest initiative warrants this warning first penned in 1785 by poet Robert Burns in his To a Mouse:
The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
Gang aft agley,
An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,
For promis’d joy!
Translation: The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray; broken promises leave us with grief and pain.
I was heartbroken when once beautiful Hialeah died…
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP)–Kentucky horse racing regulators have approved a major ban on anabolic steroids that could outlaw the drugs for next year’s Kentucky Derby and other races in the state.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved the measure unanimously Monday. Gov. Steve Beshear has said he’ll support an emergency order to enact the ban in time for next the 2009 Kentucky Derby.
The new rules would prohibit horses from racing with any steroid in their system. Three naturally occurring steroids would still be allowed for therapeutic purposes, but even those must be out of the race horse’s system by 60 days before a race.
Among the steroids banned is the drug Big Brown had in his system before winning this year’s Kentucky Derby.
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IEAH Stables’ Big Brown will make his next start in the $200,000 Monmouth Stakes on September 13.
The reigning winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, Big Brown has not run since winning the Haskell Invitational August 3 at Monmouth Park.
Rather than having Big Brown make the quick turnaround to run in the Travers Stakes, which will be held Saturday, August 23, at Saratoga, owner Michael Iavarone said he wants the colt to run a grass race in preparation for the Breeders’ Cup Classic on October 25 at Santa Anita, which has a synthetic surface.
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UPPERVILLE, Va. (AP)–Genuine Risk, one of only three fillies to win the Kentucky Derby, has died at Virginia’s Newstead Farm.
The farm said the 1980 Kentucky Derby winner died peacefully shortly after being turned out in her paddock Monday morning. Genuine Risk was 31, and was the oldest living Kentucky Derby winner.
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Michael Iavarone, co-owner of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown, said Wednesday he has no plans to enter his colt in the Woodward Stakes at Saratoga on August 30 despite an invitation from Jess Jackson, the majority owner of 2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and Horse of the Year Curlin.
Race horse owner Jess Jackson offered to donate $50,000 to charity if Big Brown takes on Curlin in 1 1/8-mile Woodward on the dirt. Jess Jackson’s invitation comes after Big Brown trainer Rick Dutrow said he thought Big Brown could beat Curlin in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park on October 25.
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The Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville has set a date to memorialize popular filly Eight Belles on September 7.
Filly Eight Belles suffered two broken ankles after finishing second to Big Brown in the 134th Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs. Eight Belles was euthanized on the track.
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In celebration of the 25th running of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Breeders’ Cup sponsor Sentient Flight Group is offering horse racing fans the chance to vote on their favorite “Perfect Trip” from Breeders’ Cup history.
Ten Perfect Trips have been nominated by a panel of experts:
- Skywalker (1986 Breeders’ Cup Classic)
- Is It True (1988 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile)
- Personal Ensign (1988 Breeders’ Cup Distaff)
- Black Tie Affair (1991 Breeders’ Cup Classic)
- Da Hoss (1998 Breeders’ Cup Mile)
- Arcangues (1993 Breeders’ Cup Classic)
- Street Sense (2006 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile)
- Cardmania (1993 Breeders’ Cup Sprint)
- Phone Chatter (1993 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies)
- Round Pond (2006 Breeders’ Cup Distaff)
The winning Perfect Trip, based on fan votes, will be announced during the 2008 Breeders’ Cup World Championships in October 24-25 at Santa Anita Park.
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Jockey Edgar Prado and Street Sense trainer Carl Nafzger, who between them have 3 Kentucky Derby wins, led a group of 6 new inductees into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame on Monday.
Inducted with jockey Edgar Prado and race horse trainer Carl Nafzger were retired jockey Ismael Valenzuela and three race horses: Manila, Inside Information and Ancient Title.
“I want to thank God for making me 5-foot-3 and 114 pounds so all this could happen,” jockey Edgar Prado said to an appreciative, capacity crowd gathered at the Hall across the street from Saratoga Race Course, home of the 2008 Travers Stakes.
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