Articles filed under Horse Racing
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Santa Anita to rebuild surfaceJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Santa Anita will completely overhaul its troubled synthetic surface in July, four months before the track hosts the Breeders' Cup. The project calls for removing the exi...
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Big Brown owner says stable will be drug-freeJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Big Brown's owner doesn't want to wait for the federal government to come in and clean up horse racing. Michael Iavarone, the co-owner IEAH Stables sai...
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Do steroids produce blazing saddles?Jun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Bulging muscles, seemingly inflatable heads, acne in places that would make a teenager blush, a spike in athletic performance sure to raise eyebrows. ...
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Big Brown set to race againJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Big Brown is on his way back to the races, his next start set for the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Aug. 3. Less than two weeks after Big Brown's ...
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Big Brown jockey: Don't blame meJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Jockey Kent Desormeaux still can't figure out what went wrong in Big Brown's last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes. "Regardless of whether I had to earn it or not, I d...
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Curlin's sharp in return to U.S.Jun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Curlin looked as good in his return to the United States as he did when he left. The reigning horse of the year won for the fifth straight time Saturd...
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Curlin heavy favorite todayJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A week ago, with Big Brown on the cusp of the first Triple Crown in 30 years, Curlin trainer Steve Asmussen said he'd be curious to see how the curren...
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Dutrow would let Desormeaux ride againJun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. still blames Kent Desormeaux for Big Brown's stunning last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes, but he wouldn't object to the jockey r...
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Big Brown trainer pins blame on jockeyJun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. still blames Kent Desormeaux for Big Brown's stunning last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes, but he wouldn't object to the jockey r...
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Desormeaux 'numb' after defeatJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- His first Triple Crown bid ended in defeat by a nose. This one was over way before Big Brown closed on the finish line. Ten years apart, the pair of crushing...