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Curlin: What it Takes to Win Horse of the Year Twice

Just about the only thing Curlin did not do in his fabulous racing career was end “The Curse of Apollo.”

A horse who did not race at 2 had not won the Kentucky Derby since the aforementioned Apollo all the way back in 1882, and Curlin gave it the old college try to end the jinx that Triple Crown winner Justify eventually halted in 2018.

Curlin made his debut on Feb. 3, 2003 and then ran third three months later in the Kentucky Derby.

Equibase, earnings, North America, horses, jockeys, trainers, Golden Tempo, Belmont Stakes, Counting Stars, Acorn Stakes, Englishman, Woody Stephens Stakes, Jose Ortiz, Irad Ortiz, Flavien Prat, Steve Asmussen, Cherie DeVaux, Chad Brown, horse racing, ABR

Equibase Leaderboard: Golden Tempo Extends Earnings Margin, Counting Stars Ascends in Female Division

The final Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga delivered a memorable five days of competition featuring 18 graded stakes and more than $11 million in purses. Headlined by nine Grade 1 races across Friday June 5 and Saturday June 6, the festival produced significant movement on the Equibase leaderboard. From track-record performances to historic achievements, the week was packed with standout moments that reshaped the leaderboard as the summer racing season begins.

Power Rankings, 3-year-old, Triple Crown, horse racing, Golden Tempo, Commandment, Renegade, Englishman, Napoleon Solo, Further Ado, Stark Contrast, Chief Wallabee, Crude Velocity, Counting Stars, ABR

Golden Tempo Unanimous No. 1 in Final 3-Year-Old Power Rankings

Each week, members of the national media vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll.

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Granville James Stout 1936 Horse of the Year

Underappreciated Horse Racing Stars of 20th Century: Cavalcade, Granville, and Myrtlewood

Few decades resonate still in the consciousness of sports, yet many of the names and faces of the 1930s remain well known to this day.

Street Sense, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, Kentucky Derby, Jim Tafel, Carl Nafzger, horse racing, America's Best Racing, ABR

The Juvenile to the Derby: Street Sense’s Path to a Historic Double

In horse racing, margin of victory is usually measured in lengths, which might seem like an imprecise measure but over time has come to be standardized as the length of a horse from nose to tail, about eight feet. Ten lengths then is 80 feet, just a couple of feet longer than a tennis court. In 2006, 80 feet was the measure of a star, a 2-year-old colt who would make history on the first Saturday in May a few months later.

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