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Big Brown tore part of his right front foot off while preparing for the Breeders Cup Classic, and was retired from racing shortly afterward. The work took place with stablemate and multiple Grade 1 winner Kip Deville over Aqueduct's turf course on the morning of Monday, October 13. Trainer Rick Dutrow, minority owner Paul Pompa, and Mike Iavarone of IEAH Stables were at first exhilarated to witness Big Brown work six furlongs in a bullet 1:12.93 (or 1:12 4/5). But, Dutrow then noticed Big B... Read More

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Last week trainer Rick Dutrow appealed a 15-day suspension from Churchill Downs, a penalty given to the trainer after his horse Salute the Count was found to have ran the Aegon Turf Sprint with an amount of clenbuterol exceeding the limit allowed at Churchill. Having the trainer of this year's Triple Crown hopeful suspended for drug violations in the sport is certainly bad for horse racing's image, and it has certainly helped to refuel the Dutrow-haters. And before you know it, Steve Asmussen... Read More

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Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin won the world's richest race today, the $6 million Dubai World Cup, setting a new record margin of victory for the 2,000 meter event (almost 1 1/4 miles). This is the second time in Curlin's life he's set such a record, he also did it last year in the Arkansas Derby, which he won by a record-setting 10 1/2 lengths. The final time for the Dubai World Cup was 2:00.15, the third fastest time in the race's 13-year history. Last year in a smaller field of contende... Read More

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Rags to Riches quickly became my favorite three-year-old Thoroughbred racehorse in early 2007, before her Santa Anita Oaks and Kentucky Oaks victories, and even longer before her triumph over Triple Crown nominated colts in the Belmont Stakes, which made her the first filly in 102 years to win the "Test of Champions". She was not simply my favorite filly. While the colts of her generation were not impressing yet and failed to provide a real hero, Rags was demonstrating an awesome determinatio... Read More

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