HORSES WORKOUT BEFORE BELMONT STAKES IN ELMONT,NY
Steve Asmussen, trainer for Preakness winner and Belmont Stakes favorite Curlin, talks to reporters a day before the 139th running of the Belmont Stakes at the Belmont Racetrack in Elmont, New York on June 8, 2007. Curlin, the Preakness winner, is the favorite for the Belmont Stakes. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
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PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel died Monday in Pacific Palisades, Calif., horse racing industry publications reported. He was 68.
ELMONT, N.Y., June 3 (UPI) -- Jockey Calvin Borel will go for a historic first while riding Mine That Bird against nine other horses at the 141st Belmont Stakes in New York.
ELMONT, N.Y., May 29 (UPI) -- Jess Jackson, co-owner of Preakness Stakes winner Rachel Alexandra, said Friday the filly will not run in the Belmont Stakes June 6.
BALTIMORE, May 18 (UPI) -- Mike Smith, who rode Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird to second in the Preakness, will not ride him in the June 6 Belmont Stakes.
SARATOGA, N.Y., April 20 (UPI) -- Trainer Bob Baffert, jockey Eddie Maple and horses Tiznow and Silverbulletday have been elected to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Santa Anita Derby winner Colonel John survived a stretch duel with Mambo in Seattle to win Saturday's $1 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga.
UPPERVILLE, Va., Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Genuine Risk, who at 31 was the oldest living Kentucky Derby winner, died Monday at Newstead Farms in Virginia.
Wrap-up of thoroughbred stakes action.
Wrap-up of thoroughbred stakes action.
UPI Almanac for Monday, June 9, 2008.
