BRAZILIAN TEEN RIDING HIGH

November 22, 2008 - WHAT are the odds of a little teenage girl apprentice from Brazil pulling into Aqueduct and riding the silks off one of the best male jockeys in the world? Take the odds, because that's what happened last week when Maylan Studart, a tiny 108-pounder, not long off the plane from Rio, outsmarted that slick old pro Edgar Prado in a match-of-wits stretch run. It happened in the ninth race Nov. 15...

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FRANKEL'S 2003 VICTORY MARK STILL THE STANDARD

November 15, 2008 - TRAINER Bobby Frankel has been working the New York and California tracks for so long - setting records and accumulating awards, titles and money - that he is close to being a legend in his own time...more >
DERBY WINNER SHOULD BE HORSE OF THE YEAR

November 8, 2008 - THE race is on in earnest for the title of America's Horse of the Year, a contest generally thought to be a spirited toss-up between the splendid Curlin and the unbeaten wonder filly Zenyatta...more >
JOCKEY FINALLY FINDS BIG HORSE

November 1, 2008 - WHEN Richard Migliore, a popular jockey staple in New York, pushed Desert Code to the line to record the biggest upset in the 14-race Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita, he had a smile on his face that...more >
CUP RUNNETH OVER WITH MEMORIES

October 27, 2008 - ARCADIA, Calif. - De spite the uncertainties, profanities and controversies leading up to it, the 25th Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita turned out to be a knockout, a sports event of great splendor...more >
SYNTHETIC SURFACE NO EXCUSE

October 26, 2008 - ARCADIA, Calif. - All the worst fears came true. The Curlin dream died in the fake synthetic surface of Santa Anita yesterday. The best horse in the world, with more than a million dollars bet on...more >
BIG FAVORITE MUST OVERCOME SYNTHETIC TRACK

October 25, 2008 - ARCADIA, Calif. - Five races down and nine to go. That's the scorecard before the most unpredictable Breeders' Cup ever rolls to its climax late this afternoon when the greatest horse in the...more >
LONG SHOTS WAY TO PLAY THIS CHALLENGING CUP

October 24, 2008 - ARCADIA, Calif. - D. Wayne Lukas, the winningest trainer in Breeders' Cup history with 18 trophies, stood on Santa Anita's track apron yesterday and summed up the 25th Cup series that begins...more >
LOOK OUT FOR MCGAUGHEY'S HORSES

October 23, 2008 - ARCADIA, Calif. - He may be low key and low profile, but no trainer in the history of the Breeders' Cup has amassed a better winning record than Claude R. McGaughey (known in the trade as Shug)...more >
SADDLE UP WITH BIG 3

October 22, 2008 - ARCADIA, Calif. - Three of the great powerhouses of the American turf - trainers Todd Pletcher, Bob Baffert and Bobby Frankel - are mounting a furious assault on this week's Breeders'...more >
CURLIN FACES GREAT UNKNOWN

October 21, 2008 - ARCADIA, Calif. - Looking to certify his billing as the best horse in the world, Curlin coasted through an easy half mile at Santa Anita yesterday in preparation for Saturday's $5 million...more >