Preakness winner Curlin is Belmont favorite
244457
ELMONT, New York  - Preakness champion Curlin can underline his claim as top three-year-old in Saturday's 139th running of the Belmont Stakes where the big colt was established Wednesday as the 6-5 early favorite.
704625
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Leave it to D. Wayne Lukas to add intrigue to an appealing Breeders&#39; Cup Classic. By entering Azeri in today&#39;s $4 million Classic, the Hall of Fame trainer is taking a huge gamble that
596088
Trainer Todd Pletcher leads the field in Triple Crown nominees for the fourth consecutive year. A total of 357 thoroughbreds were nominated for the 2005 Triple Crown races, with Pletcher leading the way with 34 3-year-olds. The total is down slightly from 434 in 2004.
130573
Kentucky Derby champion and Preakness Stakes runner-up Street Sense will miss the Belmont Stakes, trainer Carl Nafzger said on Thursday.
278184
Any Given Saturday continued on the road to the Breeders' Cup Classic with a victory yesterday in the $154,200 Brooklyn Handicap at Belmont Park in New York.
230944
Pleasantly Perfect was the early 3-1 favorite Wednesday after pre-entries for the eight-race, $14 million Breeders' Cup at Lone Star Park in Texas on Oct. 30.
48352
The Kentucky Derby winner will skip the Belmont Stakes and a rematch with Curlin, the colt who ran him down in the Preakness.
212455
Now that the Breeders&#39; Cup Classic is over, there&#39;s one more big race left -- the one for horse of the year. It&#39;s Ghostzapper, winner of America&#39;s richest race in record time, against Smarty Jones, the retired Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner.
610677
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas announced yesterday he will enter champion mare Azeri against the males in Saturday&#39;s Breeders&#39; Cup Classic at
383810
Racing&#39;s greatest card of the year has arrived with today&#39;s 21st Breeders&#39; Cup â-ight championship races where the smallest field has eight horses and where classic winners might go off at double-digit odds.
589508
The much-delayed return of the Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches has one more week to go. As expected, Rags to Riches, the first filly in 102 years to capture the Belmont States, will not run in tomorrowâs Ruffian Handicap at Belmont Park, but she is set for the one-and-an-eighth-mile Gazelle Stakes a week later. Rags to Riches, a 3-year-old filly, has won all five of her starts this year, and the Gazelle would be a final prep before the Breedersâ Cup Distaff at Monmouth Park on Oct. 27.
635867
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro is being showered with gifts, from flowers to religious ornaments, as he recovers from his shattered leg in the Preakness. The 3-year-old bay colt eagerly greeted a treat-bearing doctor Thursday morning, delighting on the fresh baby carrots she brought.
658251
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Sense of Style lived up to her billing as the odds-on favorite and drew off through the stretch for a 6 3/4-length victory in the $250,000 Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga Race Course yesterday.
555512
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro broke down at the start and broke the hearts of racing fans as Bernardini went on to win the &#36;1 million Preakness Stakes on Saturday.
236744
Learâs Princess overtook the Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches and pulled off an upset Saturday in the Gazelle Stakes at Belmont Park in New York.
511099
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 21 -- Breeders' Cup Classic winner Curlin swept Horse of the Year and 3-year-old male honors at the 37th annual Eclipse Awards on Monday night.
514233
The trip has lasted more than 40 years and it finally brought Bill Kaplan home. Or close enough that he can enjoy it with his friends Saturday when Kaplan's horse, Imawildandcrazyguy, will be part of the seven-horse field in the 139th running of the Belmont Stakes.