Search by events or regions: Curlin overcame one of the most talented fields in the history of the Classic as well as a sloppy surface due to weather conditions. Buy and sell tickets to premium and sold out events. But there's a lot of heart in it by the people you're looking at. Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. Keep the conversation appropriate for interested readers across the map. Curlin became the eighth 3-year-old in the Breeders' Cup's 24 years to take the...

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I wanted to get away from law and become a farmer," said Jackson, a former property rights attorney from San Francisco. Since that modest first vintage of 16,000 cases in rural Lakeport, about 90 miles north of San Francisco, his winery has carved out a niche as the Starbucks of wine. I wanted to get away from law and become a farmer," said Jackson, a former property rights attorney from San Francisco. Since that modest first vintage of 16,000 cases in rural Lakeport, about 90 miles north...

The nine-horse field is so deep, so loaded with quality -- and uncertainty -- that he says the best way to approach it is to take the Kentucky Derby office pool approach. Curlin has never been asked to handle anything but a fast track during his eight-race career, but his breeding suggests he should relish the gooey going. Classic boasts fast, loaded field with sights on even bigger prize Saturday, October 27, 2007 BY TOM LUICCI Star-Ledger Staff Carl Nafzger has given up trying to figure...

This year he faced the starter as a heavier horse, a year wiser, and more gifted, revealed his trainer, Colin Little, after the race. Nolen -- who was so very tempted to take off early when he saw his favorite old buddy Wonderful World make a pronounced forward charge at leader Haradasun coming near the bend -- held his cool. He has been a star galloper in Australia from day one and like most champions, seems to get better with every passing year. And he did it quite comfortably in the end...

The unsettling sight of the Irish colt standing alone in the dusk in Monmouth Park homestretch with his shattered limb dangling grotesquely beneath him recalled images of Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner who waged a long but ultimately unsuccessful fight to survive a similar injury. The unsettling sight of the Irish colt standing alone in the dusk in Monmouth Park homestretch with his shattered limb dangling grotesquely beneath him recalled images of Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby...

Bathurst club move Gold Crown payments date to ease pressure In a move aimed at assisting participants in the harness racing industry feeling the impact of Equine Influenza, the Bathurst Harness Racing Club have re- scheduled the due date for sustaining payments for the current Bathurst Gold Crown, which is set to be run in late March 2008. Bathurst club move Gold Crown payments date to ease pressure In a move aimed at assisting participants in the harness racing industry feeling the...

Late last year, DNA tests revealed that a femur bone taken from the big deer carcass matched an 11-point deer head seized from the Parker County ranch of renowned quarter horse jockey Jacky Martin. It was the biggest white-tailed deer he had ever seen on the property and, just days earlier, Pritchett had spotted the big buck again but didn't have a shot. He pointed out that Martin has no reason to illegally hunt deer; he receives invitations from notable people all over the country to hunt...