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Curlin, now steroid-free
July 10, 2008
By Benjamin Miraski
There were rumblings that Curlin might have been making a trip to Arlington Park to run, but that excitement was quelled with the announcement that the super-horse will now run Saturday at Belmont in the Man O'War Stakes, a Grade I race.
Curlin is apparently running the race drug-free after a tirade by his owner, Jess Jackson, put all trainers on notice that Curlin and other horses in the Jackson stable should not be given any enhancement.
The 4-year-old should be the favorite in any race in which Jackson enters him for the rest of the year, including the long-term goal of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, in October, in France.
Unfortunately, an entry in the Arc will lessen the chance that Curlin will enter the Breeder's Cup Classic, which runs only 20 days later. Big Brown would have been a likely opponent in that race.
Posted July 10, 2008 9:42 AM