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While Secretariat broke records and competitors' hearts, Black Gold won with popularity, and Canonero II overcame everything, other top derby winners wove their stories.

Kentucky Senator Damon Thayer used fire and brimstone last month to criticize the federal government's involvement in hearings on the use of drugs at Thoroughbred tracks.

Some of the greatest Thoroughbred broodmares were not great racehorses. Many champion fillies are unsuccessful broodmares. Those who succeed as both are truly rare gems.

In the wake of the tragic loss of Eight Belles in the Kentucky Derby, the state of Kentucky and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association are monitoring safety rules.

Picks for selected races at Belmont Park Saturday, Sept. 8

Jockeys third season airs in a seven-part reality series on Animal Planet. The show features Thoroughbred racing from the perspective of six determined jockeys.

Pioneer of The Nile and The Pamplemousse match up in California's Santa Anita Derby. Musket Man is in Illinois. I Want Revenge and Imperial Council meet in New York.

Flat racing has become an incredibly popular sport, both in the United States and around the world. The origins of this sport began long ago and has had a huge impact.

Highlights of the 2008 Breeders' Cup World Championships included rising star performances from Stardom Bound and Midshipman. Past stars left the arena of racing.

Synthetic surfaces is not trainer Bob Baffert's favorite subject. His star Indian Blessing lost on it in the BC Sprint. But his boys, Midshipman and Midnight Lute, won.

Named for August Belmont I, the Belmont Stakes was first won by the filly Ruthless. The race's trophy commemorates the event's third victor, Fenian.

PETA wants to halt Thoroughbred race track breakdowns by changing the standards of the Sport of Kings. Authorities say concerns are unfounded; most race horses thrive.

He's called Bo-Rai-el by his riding peers because he consistently takes his Thoroughbred mounts to the rail for victories. Calvin Borel repeated the feat on Derby day.

The Thoroughbred survives a racing career to reside on breeding farms; the unlucky die unwanted, or from injury, colic, and laminitis. Appropriate studies continue.

Syndicated for a record $6 million in early 1973, Secretariat exceeded every expectation. His Kentucky Derby run is still untouchable. It came under great scrutiny.

Before speed was noted as real speed in the Kentucky Derby, Lieut. Gibson went an eighth of a mile in :12-1/4, extremely fast in 1900. Wintergreen won roses for Ohio.

Winning Colors, Alysheba, and Genuine Risk won the Kentucky Derby in 1988, 1987, and 1980, respectively. After falling in his stall March 27, Alysheba was euthanized .

The game-plan of H.P. McGrath in the first Kentucky Derby held May 17, 1875 was to let his stable "rabbit" take the lead to set up his star, Chesapeake.

Thoroughbred horse racing's Russell Baze, 48, is going strong. Voted the 2002 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, Baze is now first in all-time riding victories.

In her juvenile year, Smarty Jones' daughter Be Smart wasn't ready to take on the star status of the gray daughter of Tapit, one of Smarty's old rivals from 2004.

Cigar and Pleasantly Perfect are the only horses to win the Breeders' Cup Classic in the fall and follow that up with a victory in the UAE Dubai Classic the next spring.

In days when a cloud hangs over Thoroughbred racing, Curlin, third all-time earner, is showing he is the "superstar" the sport needs, says his rider, Robby Albarado.

All Godolphin Racing's hopefuls failed in this year's Dubai World Cup races. American Horse of the Year Curlin starred, as A.P. Arrow, Benny the Bull, others thrilled.

Even though the Kentucky Derby is highly anticipated as the front end race of the Triple Crown, it is also a single global icon. Its victors gain lasting world acclaim.

Purchased as a yearling for $250, the brown gelding Vagrant, son of a mare named Lazy, was anything but listless. From eighty-eight posts, he earned forty-four placings.

With Smarty Jones, Afleet Alex, and Barbaro behind him, 2007 Preakness and Breeders' Cup victor Curlin will put hero worship on the line in Dubai.

While Curlin and Ginger Punch set the standard in the Classic and the Distaff, War Pass passed his Juvenile challenge flawlessly. Corinthian walloped the field by 6-1/2.

Albertus Maximus and Casino Drive are two of four on-the-board favorites for Saturday's Dubai World Cup. UAE Triple Crown champion Asiatic Boy (ARG) is hyped at 3-1.

Known as the Breeders Cup Distaff in the past, the BC Ladies Classic remains the equivalent of the boys' Classic. Ginger Punch, Zenyatta, and Music Note are eligibles.

The Breeders' Cup World Championships, which expanded last year to a two-day event, is even larger this season with a 1-1/2 miles Marathon added and a total of 14 races.

Curlin came up golden for the second year in a row, voted 2008 Horse of the Year over Zenyatta and Big Brown. Benny the Bull surprised as Male Sprinter winner.

Final entrants for the Breeders' Cup World Championships will sort out in the next 24 hours. Today, as many as four juvenile fillies are a tossup for either dirt or turf.

While Ginger Punch rules the older set, Dreaming of Anna is dominating 4-year-old ladies on turf, and nearing $2 million in earnings. The Mint Julep was her 8th turf win.

Godolphin Racing, striving for supremacy in Thoroughbred racing, paid millions to get Kentucky Derby hopefuls Midshipman and Vineyard Haven. But Desert Party kicked in.

Horse racing partnerships let you enjoy all the fun and excitement of owning a racehorse! Dreamed of being in the winner's circle? Learn how!

Jet Master is an exciting stallion reflecting the growing stature of South African thoroughbred racing and breeding on the international stage.

The career of thoroughbred racehorse Man O' War lasted sixteen months, but his power and grace inspired a post-war nation and revitalized a faltering sport.

Never shy about predictions, Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith recently claimed Zenyatta may be the best he's ever guided. He'll ride Stardom Bound in the Juvenile Fillies.

Bordered on three sides by states that have slots generated revenues at its race tracks, does Ohio need to get on board to see its equine industry growth survive?

The Breeders' Cup Turf has a heavy European history of winners.  This season's Irish grass conqueror of America's Curlin couldn't follow-up in the championship. 

Pioneerof the Nile survived his 2009 top rating and injury. Although he slumped after winning the Santa Anita Derby, he dodged disaster. Will he be a desired stallion?

Whirlaway was the third Triple Crown champion to lose a match race at age four. Sir Barton (1920) and War Admiral (1938) did the same. Whirlaway stood at stud in France.

Steve Asmussen is training an impressive trio this season, with Z Fortune being his third winning entry. 2007 Trainer of the Year Todd Pletcher leads with Cowboy Cal.

Betting on the mudders corraled a record-breaking crowd of 30,000 at the 1893 Derby. Lookout and Boundless didn't mind the sludge, so they got co-favorites money.

Thoroughbred racing in the 1950s became a television event with the coming of the unstoppable gray, Native Dancer. Court Turf scored a third generation Derby title.

Secretariat's 1973 Derby record time still stands. Seattle Slew was called Baby Huey. Affirmed stood firm against Alydar. Riva Ridge was Secretariat's stablemate.

Although Secretariat won the 1973 Preakness in record time, his race's speed title was disputed because of a faulty clocking. Big Red lost that battle.

New on the card at 2008's Breeders' Cup World Championships was the Juvenile Fillies Turf event. It rendered a blazing finish. Heart Shaped caught early leader Laragh.

Jockey Garrett Gomez won his third (Bill) Shoemaker Award, while Mike Smith and Frankie Dettori scored two wins in the BC races.  Dancing Forever was a miracle foal.

The Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint may shape up as a showdown among youngsters Indian Blessing, Storm Mesa, and Indyanne and veterans Any Limit and Akronism.