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Horsemen and horseplayers cannot resist debating now that the Breeders’ Cup is over and the best equine athletes will be taking a breather until February.

Posted Sunday, October 26, 2008 10:08 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Kentucky Derby, Curlin (Race Horse), Breeders' Cup (Horse Race)

Baffert Has First Juvenile Win Since ’02

Bob Baffert’s promising 2-year-old Midshipman raced to victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, establishing himself as an early favorite for the Kentucky Derby next year.

Posted Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:48 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Kentucky Derby, Breeders' Cup (Horse Race), Baffert, Bob

Big Brown’s Owner Puts Dutrow on Notice

The co-owner of Big Brown is apparently starting to lose patience with the horse’s outspoken trainer, Rick Dutrow.

Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 11:26 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Suspensions, Dismissals and Resignations, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Belmont Stakes, Dutrow, Rick, Iavarone, Michael

Big Brown’s Owners Say Stable to Go Steroid Free

Big Brown’s owners announced Sunday that they would immediately begin withdrawing all steroids and any unnecessary medications from their horses.

Posted Sunday, June 22, 2008 10:57 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Steroids, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse)

Eight Belles Burial at Derby Museum

Eight Belles will be interred at the Kentucky Derby Museum, near the grave sites of four Kentucky Derby winners.

Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:38 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Eight Belles (Race Horse)

Following The Money Behind Big Brown

James Tagliaferri’s St. Thomas Island-based asset-management company is the real money behind Big Brown and International Equine Acquisitions Holdings.

Posted Monday, June 02, 2008 10:17 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Dutrow, Rick, Auctions, Virgin Islands (US), Jockey Club Incorporated (The)|JKCL|other-OTC, Iavarone, Michael, St Thomas (Virgin Islands), Millionaires and Billionaires

A Challenger From Japan Sets His Sights on Big Brown

Many expect Casino Drive, a chestnut colt, to be a formidable obstacle on Big Brown’s path to become thoroughbred racing’s 12th Triple Crown champion.

Posted Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:11 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Preakness Stakes

Injury a Potential Setback for Big Brown

The colt’s trainer revealed on Sunday that the undefeated Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner had sustained a quarter crack on the inside of his left front hoof.

Posted Sunday, May 25, 2008 6:27 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Preakness Stakes, Dutrow, Rick

Horse for Ages or Simply Best of Bunch?

Why wouldn’t Rick Dutrow declare Big Brown one of the best horses that has ever lived?

Posted Sunday, May 18, 2008 9:34 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Desormeaux, Kent, Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Preakness Stakes, Dutrow, Rick

Notebook: A Win for Eight Belles’s Camp

The trainer Larry Jones and the jockey Gabriel Saez finally had something to celebrate when Buy the Barrel won the $150,000 Allaire Dupont Distaff Stakes on Saturday.

Posted Saturday, May 17, 2008 9:06 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Eight Belles (Race Horse)

Sports of The Times: No Incidents: Race Is a Success

There were no stumbles, no injuries, no after-race tragedies. This was a great day — a much-needed great day — for horse racing.

Posted Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:50 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Preakness Stakes, Eight Belles (Race Horse)

Preakness Stakes: Big Brown Easily Claims Second Leg of Triple Crown

Big Brown did not disappoint his growing fan base, cruising to a five-and-a-quarter-length victory to win the 133rd Preakness Stakes on Saturday.

Posted Saturday, May 17, 2008 7:51 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Preakness Stakes

Eight Belles Did Not Have Heart Attack, Necropsy Report Says

The filly who broke down after the Kentucky Derby sustained compound fractures of her front legs at the fetlock joints, a report released Thursday concluded.

Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 10:33 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Eight Belles (Race Horse)

In-Box: Emotional Responses to a Thoroughbred’s Death

There was an outpouring of reactions to The Times’s coverage of the May 3 Kentucky Derby, in which Eight Belles broke her front ankles and was put down on the track.

Posted Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:20 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Eight Belles (Race Horse)