Big Brown will miss Breeders' Cup
HORSE RACING
Foot injury in training at Aqueduct ends the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner's career. He'll be retired to stud.

latimes.com
October 12, 2008
HORSE RACING
A decision on whether Curlin will face Big Brown in Breeders' Cup could hinge in part on how well he 'works in traffic' against stablemate Hawaii Calls on Monday. >>

October 7, 2008
BILL DWYRE
The much-watched horse tries a swift half-mile on the synthetic track, where he could be headed for a classic matchup with Big Brown. But trainer Steve Asmussen is taking it slowly. >>

October 6, 2008
HORSE RACING
On a day featuring $1.3 million in purses and 10 stakes for Cal-breds at Santa Anita, the big star of Oak Tree's California Cup was an 18-year-old horse who resides at Old English Rancho in Sanger, Calif., just outside of Fresno. >>

October 5, 2008
HORSE RACING
The popular 7-year-old thoroughbred, retired earlier this year, will lead the post parade for the featured Cal Cup Classic. A filly, Romance Is Diane, is the favorite. >>

October 1, 2008
BILL DWYRE
Breeders' Cup showdown with Big Brown could take place, if the champ likes Santa Anita track. >>

September 28, 2008
HORSE RACING
A look at the six Grade I races held Saturday at Santa Anita. >>

HORSE RACING
The 4-year-old easily wins the Lady Secret Stakes to stay unbeaten in eight career starts. >>

HORSE RACING
He wins at Belmont Park. >>

September 27, 2008
BILL DWYRE
Trainer has been asked for advice by Curlin's owner. >>

September 26, 2008
HORSE RACING
The big 4-year-old filly, unbeaten in seven starts, is known for powerful stretch runs. Saturday, she'll face four challengers in one of six Grade I stakes at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting. >>

September 25, 2008
BILL DWYRE
Oak Tree meeting off to strong start as countdown to Breeders' Cup begins. >>

September 24, 2008
HORSE RACING
Breeders' Cup will be the highlight next month, but the first week has some rich races on the rebuilt synthetic track. >>

September 16, 2008
BILL DWYRE
It had never happened before and may never happen again, but on Sept. 16, 1978, Seattle Slew, the '77 winner, took on Affirmed, the '78 winner. And they met again on a track 28 days later. >>

September 14, 2008
NEWSWIRE
The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner beats older horses in Monmouth Stakes, holding off Proudinsky for seventh victory in eight starts. >>

September 12, 2008
HORSE RACING
A win in New Jersey would set him up well for Breeders' Cup. Curlin's long-range plans unclear. >>

September 11, 2008
HORSE RACING
The jockey, who has won the riding title the last nine years, already has won 24 races. >>

September 3, 2008
HORSE RACING
Del Mar's surface was faster this season, and deaths have decreased, but injuries were of a different nature. >>

August 25, 2008
HORSE RACING
Jockey rides the colt to a neck victory in the $1-million Pacific Classic at Del Mar. >>

August 24, 2008
HORSE RACING
The surprise winner of the Hollywood Gold Cup tries to show it wasn't a fluke in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar. >>

TRAVERS STAKES
He beats Mambo In Seattle in a photo finish. It's his first victory since the Santa Anita Derby in April. >>

July 20, 2008
HORSE RACING
The once-dominant gelding is winless in last five races, but a good showing in Sunday's Eddie Read Handicap could put him on a path to the Breeders' Cup. >>

June 24, 2008
HORSE RACING
Saturday's Grade I race at Hollywood Park will feature the 5-year-old, one of the best thoroughbreds in the country, and several mature horses that show positive sides of racing. >>

June 8, 2008
HORSE RACING
Going for Triple Crown, he is pulled up and finishes last. The winner is Da' Tara, the longest shot in the field at 38-1. >>

March 30, 2006
125 YEARS | THE TRACK
IN 1982, there was a wonderful documentary film about the Weavers, the blacklisted folk singers, subtitled, "Wasn't That a Time!" Wistful California racetrack operators could use the same words to describe the so-called golden age of horse racing, which had an incredibly long run, arguably until the 1980s, before the start of a downward spiral that grips the sport still. >>

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